Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Obesity is a serious health problem worldwide and is caused by a wide variety of etiologies. There are several hormones which have been proved to be associated with increased body weight and has a direct effect on the fat metabolism like thyroid hormones.Methods: This is a case control study which included 384 adult persons, they were divided into 2 groups according to the thyroid function status, the first group included 204 apparently healt...

Hypothyroidism is one of the most common endocrine disorders. The long-time debatable question is whether patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) should be treated with levothyroxine. Data are contradictory and treatment decision depends on several factors: TSH level, anti-TPO level, age, presence of symptoms etc. Hypothyroidism is associated with cardiovascular disease. Even a minor increase in C-reactive protein (CRP) is considered a cardiovascular risk, therefore evid...

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is known for its morbidity and mortality all over the globe. It has been demonstrated in recent studies that abnormal levels of adipocytokines may contribute to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.Objectives: The aim of the present study was to assess the relation between serum leptin levels and insulin resistance syndrome in type 2 diabetic patients.Methods: Eighty persons were enrolled in this study an...

Background: Environmental factors play a role in the aetiology of type 1 diabetes. A particular role for infectious exposures has been postulated. Temporal variation in incidence would be consistent with this hypothesis. We specifically aimed to test predictions of increasing incidence occurring among cases of type 1 diabetes in children (aged 0–14 years) that might arise as a result of an environmental mechanism.Subjects and methods: The study anal...

Purpose: To reveal changes of the vegetative status, namely vegetative maintenance, vegetative reactance, and infringement of emotional status at patients with postoperative primary hypothyroidism (concerning central or total craws), the compensated treatment by levothyroxyn.Materials and methods: Sixteen persons are included in research with primary hypothyroidism with various etiology, compensated by levothyroxyn. The ages – 36–58 years, dura...

Visfatin is a newly discovered adipocyte hormone. Recent studies showed a possible relationship between diabetes mellitus and visfatin level. But the effect of visfatin on the insulin resistance was not well understood. The aim of the present study was to explore the relation of visfatin with insulin resistance in patients with prediabetes and diabetes.We included a total of 128 persons in the study and of these 128 persons, 36 were diabetic, 69 were pre...

Introduction: Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNA) is a method widely used in the assessment of thyroid nodules. The main aim of this 18-year retrospective study was the investigation of the diagnostic value of FNA in the approach of thyroid malignancy.Subjects and methods: patients underwent 1938 FNAs from 1987 to 2004 in the Department of Endocrinology, ‘Hippocration’ General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. 178 of these patients subsequently u...

Background and aims: Type 2 diabetes is strongly associated with obesity as the major potentially modifiable risk factor. Apart from total caloric intake, certain eating patterns have been associated with the risk of diabetes and insulinoresistance. Researchers have found that specific groups in the community may be at increased risk of eating disorders, including people with diabetes and those who are obese. The aim of the study was to detect the risk of disordered eating in ...

Androgen therapy is the mainstay of treatment in female to male (FtM) transgender persons to increase testosterone levels, suppress oestrogens and treat gender dysphoria. Testosterone is widely used for male hypogonadism, but is comparatively under-investigated in FtM transgender persons. The aim of our study was to identify treatment and safety outcomes associated with testosterone use in transgender medicine. A literature search was conducted in PubMed/Medline, as well as EM...

Background: A significant body of research indicates that transgender and gender-nonconforming persons represent an underserved population susceptible to health care disparities. The attitudes and knowledge of medical doctors toward transgender people have important implications for the future quality of healthcare for transgender patients.Specific Aim: The aim of this study was an assessment of coverage of transgender care issues in training curricula o...