Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA) account for 30-35% of pituitary adenomas. They can lead to hypopituitarism and visual field defects. Trans-sphenoidal resection of pituitary adenoma remains the treatment of choice.Methods: We compared clinical, biochemical, and imaging characteristics of NFPAs at presentation with post-surgical outcomes in a retrospective cohort study. Patients who underwent end...

Background: Non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA) account for 30-35% of pituitary adenomas. They can lead to hypopituitarism and visual field defects. Trans-sphenoidal resection of pituitary adenoma remains the treatment of choice.Methods: We compared clinical, biochemical, and imaging characteristics of NFPAs at presentation with post-surgical outcomes in a retrospective cohort study. Patients who underwent end...

The primary aim of this study, the largest European, single evaluation, observational trial to date, was to evaluate the impact of acromegaly on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with biochemically documented active disease, receiving Sandostatin® LAR® at a dose prescribed by their physician for at least 3 months. Secondary objectives were to investigate the relationships between HRQoL and subpopulations based on exploratory var...

Background: The effect of testosterone on sexual arousal has been described in testosterone withdrawal and re-adminstration studies in birth-assigned males. In birth-assigned females, the relationship between sex steroids and sexual arousal is complex. Several steps in the transitioning process may affect sexual desire: hormone therapy (HT) and gender affirming surgery. HT in transgender men (TM) generally leads to increased sexual desire, masturbation frequency, sexual fantas...

Introduction: Estrogen has positive effects on bone mineral density (BMD), in particular in trabecular bone through inhibition of bone resorption. Testosterone increases bone size, but the effect on BMD is less clear. Cross-sex hormonal treatment (CSHT) in transgender individuals can affect BMD. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate effects of CSHT on BMD during the first year of treatment in male-to-female (MtFs) and female-to-male (FtMs) transgender persons....

Cushing syndrome (CS) is a chronic and debilitating condition with high morbidity and mortality. Development of novel, safe, and effective pharmacologic therapies with improved risk-benefit profiles would enrich treatment options for patients. Relacorilant is a selective glucocorticoid receptor (GR) modulator that competitively antagonizes cortisol activity and, unlike the FDA-approved GR antagonist mifepristone, does not bind to the progesterone receptor. In a phase 2 study i...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases. To factors predisposing to cardiovascular diseases belong: hypertension, lipid and carbohydrate profiles, smoking and reduced physical activity. The aim of this study was to determine the association between selected factors predisposing to cardiovascular diseases and anthropometric parameters and CRP concentration in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. The study was conducted amongst 43 women, aged 18-...

Follistatin is a hepatokine found to be elevated in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and promotes hyperglycemia in mice. We report that elevated baseline circulating follistatin levels predict future T2D incidence in longitudinal cohorts including up to 5274 individuals. Individuals with elevated circulating follistatin had higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes during follow-up of 4 years (IMI-DIRECT-METSIM, n = 1079, Finland), 5 and 19 years (MDC-CC, n...

Aim: The aim of the study was the evaluation of the relationship between thyroid size and the result of radioactive iodine therapy in patients treated due to Graves’ hyperthyroidism.Material and methods: The study group included 150 subjects (127 M and 23 F), aged from 20 to 78 years (mean 48.33 years) at the moment of 131I therapy.In all patients the thyroid technetium-99m scan and determination of the serum levels...

Aim: An international expert committee, after considering data on association of HbA1c and retinopathy, recommended that diabetes be diagnosed when HbA1c is more than 48 mmol/mol (>6.5%), provided this assay is done in a standardized laboratory. However, the performance of HbA1c in detecting diabetes in the Korean population remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of HbA1c in diagnosing diabetes and to identify the optimal threshold in the...