Prediction of diabetes mellitus induced by steroid overtreatment in adrenal insufficiency

Abstract To assess the differences between patients with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) and prediabetes/diabetes mellitus (DM) in secondary adrenal insufficiency (SAI). We cross-sectionally evaluated 102, out of a total of 140, patients with SAI, who were on hydrocortisone (HC) (n = 50) and cortison...

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Main Authors: Valentina Guarnotta, Laura Tomasello, Carla Giordano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-04904-w