Background: The 6-minute step test (6MST) has begun to be used as a simple and effective alternative for assessing functional exercise capacity. There is no study using 6MSTs to evaluate the exercise capacities of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) with and without diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).
Objective: To compare the cardiorespiratory responses of the 6-minute walk test (MWT) and the 6MST exercise tests and to analyze the usability of the 6MST in Type 2 DM patients with and without neuropathy.
Purpose: This study aimed to determine the accuracy of texture analysis in differentiating adrenal lesions on unenhanced computed tomography (CT) images.
Methods: In this single-center retrospective study, 166 adrenal lesions in 140 patients (64 women, 76 men; mean age 56.58 ± 13.
Aim: To describe the Turkish generalized lipodystrophy (GL) cohort with the frequency of each complication and the death rate during the period of the follow-up.
Methods: This study reports on 72 patients with GL (47 families) registered at different centres in Turkey that cover all regions of the country. The mean ± SD follow-up was 86 ± 78 months.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
July 2023
Context: The diagnosis of familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD) is currently made based on clinical judgment.
Objective: There is a need for objective diagnostic tools that can diagnose FPLD accurately.
Methods: We have developed a new method that uses measurements from pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at the pubis level.
Objective: To review the presentation characteristics, clinical and hormonal evaluations, and histopathological results of patients with adrenal lesions over a 21-year period and evaluate the changes across the two decades.
Methods: This single-center, retrospective study included 1003 patients with adrenal lesions who presented to our department between 2000 and 2021. Clinical, metabolic, hormonal, radiological, and pathological data of the patients were collected.