Free Communications of the Gulf Association of Endocrinology and Diabetes Clinical Congress 2025, October 24–25, 2025, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Abstract

These are the abstracts of the Clinical Congress of the Gulf Association of Endocrinology and Diabetes (GAED) Clinical Congress 2025 held in Dubai, UAE, on October 24 and 25, 2025. The program included plenary lectures and clinical practice symposia delivered by international and regional key opinion leaders. Additionally, free communications on current research and clinical practice within and beyond the Gulf region were presented in both oral presentations and posters. We present here the abstracts of these free communications after minimal restyling and editing to suit the journal's publication requirements. We hope that by publishing them in our open-access journal, we provide early recognition of the work and extend the benefits to those who could not attend the live presentations, similar to our previous conferences. We also hope to stimulate networking between parties of mutual research interests.

Keywords

diabetes - endocrinology - cardiometabolic - education - research - professionalism - diabetes technology

Introduction

These are the advance abstracts of the free communications of the Clinical Congress of the Gulf Association of Endocrinology and Diabetes (GAED) held in Dubai, on October 24 and 25, 2025.

The declared educational objectives of these annual congresses are to give a “state of the art in endocrine practice.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] These programs include plenary symposia delivered by international and regional key opinion leaders. Furthermore, free communications on current research and clinical practice within and beyond the Gulf region are presented in both oral communications and poster sessions.

Here, we produce the abstracts of the free communications after minimal restyling and editing to suit the journal's publication requirements. The contents consist only of abstracts, rather than fully peer-reviewed manuscripts. However, GAED is delighted to allow the authors to present their findings in its own journal, continuing the tradition it has maintained over the past 6 years since the launch of this journal.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Before that, we have published our abstracts in the open-access Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.[13] [14] [15] [16] We aim to provide early dissemination of the work and extend the benefits to those who could not attend the live presentations. We also hope to stimulate networking between parties of mutual research interests.

Conflict of Interest

None declared.

Abbreviations

Commonly used terms in endocrine clinical practice and research publications are abbreviated without the need to define them in each abstract individually: BMI: body mass index; KSA: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; MENA: Middle East and North Africa; NAFLD: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; T1D: type 1 diabetes; T2D: type 2 diabetes; UAE: United Arab Emirates. Other terms well-established in the endocrinology literature were not necessarily expanded (e.g., T4, T3, TSH, ACTH, etc.).

Authors’ Contributions

All authors contributed equally.

Compliance with Ethical Principles

The GAED Scientific Committee considered the abstracts involving human subjects, understanding that all necessary ethical approvals had been secured for the research work and that informed consent had been obtained when required.

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Publication History

Article published online:
29 December 2025