Endocrine Abstracts

Morbid obesity is associated with a decreased life expectancy and a myriad of serious medical problems. The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) is the most effective procedure for the treatment of these patients, but it can be responsible of early and late complications. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the rate of visceral protein malnutrition (VPM) in morbid obese (MO) patients two years after laparoscopic RYGBP. Albumin (Alb), prealbumin (Prealb), transferrin ...

Objectives: To know the frequency of hypertension in a group of males with type two diabetes without the antecedent of hypertension, by means of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). To assess the possible differences between the subjects with and without hypertension in age, time of duration of diabetes, obesity and the features of metabolic syndrome.Methods: We included consecutively 55 males with type two diabetes without the antecedent of hype...

Aims: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relative frequency of histological categories of thyroid malignant neoplasms. Another aim was to evaluate the TNM stage differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) at the time of initial presentation in Valencia Community (Spain).Methods: Histopathology and TNM stage thyroid carcinomas diagnosed of thyroid carcinoma diagnosed between 1998 and 2005 in our endocrinology service, were recorded.The sample was...

Introduction: The aim of our study was to determine the frequency of hypogonadism (H) in males with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and its relation with erectile dysfunction (ED) and obesity.Methods: We studied 107 diabetic males who came successively to an Endocrine consultation. The presence of H was determined by total testosterone (T) with an immunofluerescence method and free testosterone (fT) calculated with Vermeulen’s equation, defining H if T<2 ...