Endocrine Abstracts

In Turner persons questionnaire surveys have identified quality of life, perception of health and education to be at a similar or higher level compared to the background population. To shed further light on these seemingly paradoxical findings in Turner persons we aimed to analyze various socio-economic parameters in Turner persons compared to an age-matched female background population.All diagnosed Turner syndrome women nationwide (n=977) were i...

Considered are the physiological mechanisms of relationship of the magnitude of blood plasma and interstitial fluid osmolarity conditioned by glycaemia with transmembrane movement of water between intra- and extracellular water compartments of organism. Analysed are the potentialities of impedance spectroscopy in quantitative evaluation of increments of specific volumes of extra- and intracellular fluid of hypoderm tissues occurring due to fluctuations of intercellular fluid g...

Introduction: Digital epidemiology uses digital data which was not generated with the primary goal of serving epidemiological research (Life Sci Soc Pol 2018; 14:1). Recently, time and geographical correlation was noted between Google Trends findings and the prevalence of coronary artery disease (JACC, 2018, 71:98). Furthermore, using Google Trends, we have noted that the search terms ‘fatigue/weakness’ were correlated with the terms ‘hypothyroidism/thyroiditis&...

Backgrounds and aim: Millions of people all over the world are in a search for the perfect weight loss plan. The aim of our research was to make a typical portrait of a Belarusian citizen who is trying to lose weight.Methods: Participants were individuals (n=70) who were screened for a behavioral weight-loss treatment program. The majority of patients were women (88.4%). The mean age was 46.56+9.43 years. Among the participants three of 70 perso...

The fat tissue inflammation and insulin resistance formation are common in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The tumor necrosis factor–α (TNF-α), a pro-inflammatory cytokine, was found to be a key one in onset and progression of insulin resistance, blocking the insulin signaling pathway and hampering the gene expression of GLUT4, the intracellular insulin-regulated glucose transporter in body tissues. Rise in the TNF-α concentration in blood serum is b...

Introduction: Prolonged use of Metformin is associated with the development of vitamin B12 deficiency. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship of clinical manifestations similar to diabetic polyneuropathy with vitamin B12 levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Materials and methods: We examined 35 patients with type 2 diabetes taking Metformin. Mean age 55.9±11.5 years, mean diabetes duration 9.2±7.7 years. All patients w...

Gender Identity Disorder (GID) is a condition in which a person experiences discongruency between their assigned sex and what they feel their genderidentity is. A person with gender dysphoria experiences persistently uncomfortable feelings about their birth gender (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth edition (DSM-IV) (American Psychiatric Association, 1994).During the ‘real life experience’ hormonal treatment starts an...

Objective: Modifications in lifestyle and diet are major contributors for the high prevalence of obesity. Very few longitudinal studies have evaluated the changes in body weight over time. Dynamic changes in body weight are also an important indicator of risk for type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study is to assess factors associated with weight gain in a population of Spanish adults.Methods: The study was undertaken in two population-based cohorts of Spa...

A higher incidence of nodular goitre and less differentiated types of thyroid carcinoma have been observed in iodine deficient regions. North-Eastern Poland was an area with a moderate deficiency of iodine until the introduction of the mandatory salt iodination in 1997 (30±10 mg KJ/kg NaCl). The aim of our study was to compare the incidence of goitre, thyroid carcinoma and urine excretion of iodine in the inhabitants of the North-Eastern Region of Poland in 1997 and 2005....

Introduction: Persons with Diabetes mellitus (DM) consume more of beans (Vigna unguiculata (Linn) Walp species) in Nigeria because of its low glycaemic index (GI). The quantity of beans consumed per meal has not been adequately considered.Objective: To determine the glycaemic load (GL) of among persons with DM.Methods: Twelve consenting T2DM persons and twelve healthy participants took part in this study. Anthropometric measurement...