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{"title":"The Effects of Weight Loss and Aerobic Exercise on Cortisol and Cortisol Suppression in Postmenopausal Women with Overweight and Obesity.","authors":"Alice S Ryan, Monica C Serra, Galya Bigman, Sausan Jaber","doi":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2439408","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2439408","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The goal of this study was to explore the complex relationship between obesity, dietary content, weight loss, and cortisol concentrations in postmenopausal women with overweight and obesity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Women completed basal cortisol testing, a dexamethasone suppression test (DST), DXA scan, 3-hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and food records before (<i>n</i> = 60) and a subset after 6-months of weight loss (WL; <i>n</i> = 15) or aerobic exercise training+weight loss (AEX+WL, <i>n</i> = 34).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At baseline, plasma cortisol concentrations decreased significantly after DST in the entire group, a 54% suppression which was associated with basal glucose. Basal glucose levels and glucose AUC from the OGTT are associated with basal cortisol levels (<i>r</i> = 0.44 and <i>r</i> = 0.29, <i>p</i> < 0.05 respectively). The intervention resulted in significant weight loss (-8%) but no significant changes in basal cortisol or changes in cortisol from basal to DST were observed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Additional research is necessary to better comprehend cortisol regulation in postmenopausal women particularly in response to effective weight reduction interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":11601,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142812356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association Between Serum Uric Acid and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Study in Chinese Women.","authors":"Yibo Zhou, Xia Gao, Yu An, Jia Liu, Guang Wang","doi":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2427612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07435800.2024.2427612","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The study aims to explore the relationship between serum uric acid (UA) levels in the first trimester and pregnancy outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The clinical data of 1381 pregnant women who delivered in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital from June 2021 to July 2022 were collected. All patients were categorized into four groups (Q1-Q4) according to quartiles of UA, using the first quartile of UA as the reference group. Logistic regression analysis was used to observe the correlation between UA and pregnancy outcomes. Restricted cubic spline (RCS) was drawn to observe the dose-response relationship between UA and pregnancy outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The numbers of GDM patients in Q1-Q4 were 40 (11.70%), 46 (13.49%), 60 (17.29%) and 83 (23.65%), respectively (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Logistic regression analysis showed that higher quartiles of UA were significantly associated with an increased prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). After adjusting for confounding factors (maternal age, prepregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain, and gestational age), compared with the lowest quartile of UA, the highest quartile of UA had 2.06 times odds of GDM (OR, 2.06; 95% CI, 1.34, 3.18; <i>p</i> = 0.001) in Q4. RCS suggested that the risk of GDM increased slowly until UA levels reached 219.43 µmol/L and then began to increase rapidly afterward (overall <i>p</i> = 0.0037).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Increased uric acid concentrations in the first trimester are associated with an increased risk of GDM and gestational hypertension.</p>","PeriodicalId":11601,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142616797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adverse Events of Adjuvant Mitotane Treatment for Adrenocortical Carcinoma","authors":"Ivana Dora Vodanović, Anja Barač Nekić, Lana Šambula, Karin Zibar Tomšić, Tina Dušek, Darko Kaštelan","doi":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2402311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07435800.2024.2402311","url":null,"abstract":"Mitotane is the cornerstone of adjuvant adrenocortical cancer (ACC) treatment. However, its use is burdened with frequent adverse events.A retrospective analysis of adverse events was performed in ...","PeriodicalId":11601,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine Research","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142261574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Expression of Circ-Astn1 Inhibits High Glucose Induced Endothelial Progenitor Cell Dysfunction by Activating Autophagy.","authors":"Shiying Huang, Minjie Xu, Maoquan Li, Jie Cheng, Yongfa Wu","doi":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2365887","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2365887","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Diabetes mellitus (DM) and complications such as chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular symptoms pose a substantial public health burden. Increasing studies have shown that circular RNAs (circRNAs) regulate many gene expressions that are essential in diverse pathological and biological procedures. However, the roles of particular circRNAs in DM are unclear.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In the current investigation, endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) were used to search for abnormal expression of circRNAs by using high-throughput sequencing under high glucose (HG) conditions. The regulatory mechanisms and targets were then studied through bioinformatics analysis, luciferase reporter analysis, angiogenic differentiation experiments, flow cytometry detection of apoptosis and RT-qPCR analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The circ-Astn1 expression in EPCs decreased after HG treatment. Overexpression or circ-Astn1 suppressed HG induced endothelial cell damage. MicroRNA (miR)-138-5p and SIRT5 were found to be the downstream targets of circ-Astn1 through luciferase reporter analysis. SIRT5 downregulation or miR-138-5p overexpression reversed circ-Astn1's protective effect against HG induced endothelial cell dysfunction, including apoptosis and abnormal vascular differentiation. Furthermore, circ-Astn1 overexpression promoted autophagy activation by increasing SIRT5 expression under HG conditions. Our findings suggest that circ-Astn1 mediated promotion of SIRT5 facilitates autophagy by sponging miR-138-5p.</p><p><strong>Conlusion: </strong>Together, our findings show that the overexpression of circ-Astn1 suppresses HG induced endothelial cell damage by targeting miR-138-5p/SIRT5 axis.</p>","PeriodicalId":11601,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine Research","volume":" ","pages":"213-222"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141310342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diagnostic Accuracy of the Desmopressin Stimulation Test in the Comprehensive Assessment of ACTH-Dependent Cushing's Syndrome: A Comparative Analysis with BIPSS and TSS.","authors":"Majid Valizadeh, Fatemeh Rahmani, Mohammad Nikoohemmat, Amirhossein Ramezani Ahmadi, Farhad Hosseinpanah, Mahtab Niroomand, Arash Khameneh Bagheri, Ashley Grossman, Behnaz Abiri","doi":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2381720","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2381720","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cushing's syndrome (CS) poses diagnostic challenges, particularly in distinguishing pituitary-dependent Cushing's syndrome, Cushing's disease (CD), from the ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS). This study evaluated the diagnostic value of the desmopressin stimulation test (DST) in patients with ACTH-dependent CS in helping this discrimination.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-three ACTH-dependent CS patients underwent sequential DST, bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling (BIPSS), and transsphenoidal surgery (TSS). Two definitions of a positive DST results were applied. Diagnostic performance was assessed using sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and likelihood ratios. To avoid bias from predetermined criteria, we generated univariate receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves, plotting sensitivity against 1-specificity at various percentage cortisol and ACTH response levels.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Against BIPSS, DST demonstrated robust sensitivity (Definition 1: 90.0%, Definition 2: 76.2%) and overall accuracy (Definition 1: 87.0%, Definition 2: 73.9%). PPV was high (Definition 1: 95.0%, Definition 2: 94.1%), but NPV indicated potential false negatives. Compared to TSS, DST showed good sensitivity (Definition 1: 90.9-77.3%) and PPV (100.0%) but limited NPV (16.7%). The likelihood ratios emphasized the diagnostic value of the test. Notably, against TSS, DST showed perfect discriminatory power (AUC 1.000 for percent ACTH, 0.983 for percent cortisol).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The desmopressin test shows promise in accurately identifying the underlying cause of ACTH-dependent CS, potentially reducing the reliance on invasive procedures and providing a practical solution for managing complex cases. Further research with larger cohorts is required to validate the utility of the DST in routine clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":11601,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine Research","volume":" ","pages":"232-242"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141727063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Modulate Inflammatory Response and Improve Allograft Islet Transplant in Mice Model of Type 1 Diabetes.","authors":"Bahare Niknam, Jamal Mohammadi Ayenehdeh, Nikoo Hossein-Khannazer, Massoud Vosough, Nader Tajik","doi":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2377286","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2377286","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease where immune cells attack insulin-producing beta cells. Islet transplantation is a promising treatment for T1DM. This study aims to evaluate the effects of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AT-MSCs) in combination with pancreatic islet transplantation using hydrogel.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>T1DM mouse model was established using streptozotocin (STZ). Islets and AT-MSCs were co-embedded in a hydrogel and transplanted into diabetic mice. Five groups with six animals in each (control, hydrogel alone, AT-MSCs embedded hydrogel, islet embedded in hydrogel, and islet + AT-MSCs co-imbedded into a hydrogel) were evaluated in terms of blood glucose, insulin levels and serum and lavage cytokine production.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During 32 days, blood glucose levels decreased from over 400 mg/dl to less than 150 mg/dl in the transplanted mice. Analysis showed increased transformation growth factor beta (TGF-β1) and IL-4 levels, while IL-17 and IFN-γ levels significantly decreased in the MSC-treated groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings suggest that using AT-MSCs with hydrogel could be a beneficial alternative for enhancing pancreatic islet engraftment and function.</p>","PeriodicalId":11601,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine Research","volume":" ","pages":"223-231"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141562992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Additional considerations in cancer cell radioresistance, integrin αvβ3 and thyroid hormones.","authors":"Gennadi V Glinsky, Aleck Hercbergs, Shaker A Mousa, Hung-Yun Lin, Paul J Davis","doi":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2361152","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2361152","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The existence of a functional relationship between a certain thyroid hormone analogue and cancer cell radioresistance has been shown by Leith and coworkers. The hormone analogue with relevance to malignant cells' radioresistance is tetraiodothyroacetic acid (tetrac). Tetrac is the deaminated derivative of L-thyroxine (T4), the principal product of the thyroid gland. Preclinical studies demonstrated that tetrac and chemically modified tetrac (CMT), e.g. a fluorobenzyl-conjugated tetrac analogue, restores radiosensitivity in certain radioresistant tumor cells. Due to their molecular, physico-chemical, and biological properties, actions of CMT analogues are believed to be initiated at the thyroid hormone analogue receptor site on plasma membrane integrin αvβ3.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To explore possible molecular mechanisms of the potentially therapeutically beneficial effect of CMT on cancer cells' sensitivity to radiation, we analyzed actions of CMT analogues on expression of selected sets of genes that have been previously implicated in radioresistance of malignant cells.</p><p><strong>Discussion and conclusions: </strong>In the current study, we report that genome-wide gene expression profiling analysis of human glioblastoma (GBM) and acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) cell lines exposed in vitro to noncytotoxic doses of CMT has identified decreased expression of discrete trios of genes each of which was previously linked to cancer cells' radioresistance. Following the CMT treatment in AML cells, expression of PARP9, PARP15 and STAT3 genes was significantly reduced, while in GBM cells, expression of PRKDC, EGFR and CCNDI was significantly decreased by the drug. Notably, a broader spectrum of genes implicated in cancer cells' radioresistance was observed in primary patient-derived GBM cells after the CMT treatment. Extensive additional experimental and clinical studies are indicated, including analyses of individual patient tumor genomics and of an array of different tumor types to define the sub-sets of tumors manifesting radioresistance in which tetrac-based agents may be expected to enhance therapeutic effects of radiation.</p>","PeriodicalId":11601,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine Research","volume":" ","pages":"251-254"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141330614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association Between Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Waist-To-Hip Ratio with Type 2 Diabetic Retinopathy in the Chinese Population: A Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Yu Wang, Ying Miao, Qin Wan","doi":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2364719","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2364719","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index serves as a convenient indicator of insulin resistance, which has been demonstrated to be associated with diabetic retinopathy(DR). However, the relationship between TyG-WHR, a novel index combining TyG with the central obesity indicator WHR, and retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes remains unclear. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the correlation between TyG-WHR and DR in adult patients with type 2 diabetes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study included 1702 patients with T2DM. Logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the associations between TyG-WHR and DR. Additionally, the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC curve) was utilized to assess the predictive efficacy of TyG-WHR for DR.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients in higher TyG-WHR quartiles demonstrated an increased presence of DR, and TyG-WHR increased with the severity of DR. Moreover, TyG-WHR remained significantly associated with a higher odds ratio (OR) for DR (OR 1.223, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.078-1.387, <i>p</i> < 0.05) after multivariate adjustment. Additionally, receiver operating characteristic curve analysis indicated that the optimal cutoff value for TyG-WHR in predicting DR presence was 8.8983, with a sensitivity of 61.00%, specificity of 48.50%, and area under the curve (AUC) of 0.555.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In patients with T2DM, TyG-WHR was significantly elevated in those with DR and independently associated with an increased risk of DR presence in Chinese patients. This implies that TyG-WHR could potentially serve as a valuable and dependable biomarker for DR, underscoring the importance of giving greater consideration to T2DM patients with elevated TyG-WHR to effectively prevent and mitigate the onset of DR and associated adverse health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":11601,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine Research","volume":" ","pages":"203-212"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141293304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sporadic and Familial Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Retrospective Single Center Study on Presentation and Outcome.","authors":"Antonio Prinzi, Veronica Vella, Agata Bosco, Alessandro Mirone, Marco Russo, Tommaso Piticchio, Guenda Di Benedetto, Giovanni Bartoloni, Francesco Frasca, Pasqualino Malandrino","doi":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2344103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07435800.2024.2344103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC) is a neuroendocrine tumor that arises from the thyroid C-cells. Most cases are sporadic (sMTC) while, approximately 25%, are hereditary (hMTC) due to germline mutations of REarranged during Transfection (RET) gene mutations and manifest in the framework of multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) 2A or 2B, or as pure familial MTC syndrome (FMTC).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical, histopathological, biochemical and outcome differences between sMTC and hMTC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective analysis of a consecutive series of 102 patients with histologically proven MTC diagnosed in the period between 2000 and 2022. For the analysis patients with MTC diagnosed during screening through genetic test were excluded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients with hMTC had higher incidence of multifocal and bilateral MTC and younger age at diagnosis. We did not found differences on tumor stage at diagnosis between sMTC and hMTC, such as time to progression and rate of persistent and recurrent disease. At univariate analysis, factors associated with persistent and recurrent disease during follow-up in patients with sMTC were tumor size, extrathyroidal extension, presence of lymph node metastases at diagnosis, pre- and post-operative calcitonin, post-operative CEA; in patients with hMTC, features associated with persistent and recurrent disease were lymph node metastases, post-operative calcitonin and pre- and post-operative CEA values.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients with hMTC and sMTC had similar histopathological characteristics and clinical outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":11601,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine Research","volume":"49 4","pages":"179-185"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142460742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association Between Prediabetes and Risk, Mortality of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Xin Ding, Li Deng, Chuan Cen, Yuyu Yang","doi":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2361160","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07435800.2024.2361160","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>As the high-risk stage of diabetes, the role of prediabetes in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unclear. To address this knowledge gap, we undertook a meta-analysis to investigate the potential association between the prediabetic stage and HCC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this study, two independent investigators conducted a comprehensive search for relevant articles published up until May 2023 in several databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Medline, EMBASE, and Google Scholar. The results were then summarized using STATA 12.0 software.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our analysis included a total of 6 cohort studies involving 1,490,752 participants, as well as 1 case-control study with 220 participants. The research aimed to examine the association between prediabetes and the risk of HCC. Our meta-analysis revealed that prediabetes was significantly associated with an elevated risk of HCC (odds ratio (OR)/relative risk (RR) = 1.25, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.06 to 1.48, I² = 57.2%, <i>p</i> = 0.012), using a random-effects model. Moreover, four cohort studies, encompassing 1,362,847 participants, explored the relationship between prediabetes and HCC mortality. The meta-analysis showed that prediabetes was associated with a higher mortality rate of HCC, also utilizing a random-effects model (hazard ratio (HR) = 1.36, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.81, I² = 55.8%, <i>p</i> = 0.060).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Overall, our findings highlight a significant association between prediabetes and an increased risk of HCC and suggest that prediabetes may also contribute to higher mortality rates among HCC patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":11601,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine Research","volume":" ","pages":"186-192"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141237099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}