background: ramadan fasting for pregnant women with diabetes remains controversial and underreported. the objective of this study was to determine the glycemic control in pregnant diabetic women on insulin who fasted during ramadan. methods: this was a retrospective study carried out over a period of three years including pregnant diabetic women, who were on short-acting, intermediate-acting, o...

objective: to evaluate the relation between major depressions and glucose control index in type 2 diabetes mellitus. materials and methods: one- hundred thirty four patients with type 2 diabetes were enrolled in this study. hamilton rating scale for depression (ham-d) and hba1c were measured in patients. linear mixed-model analysis was applied to determine the relation between hba1c levels and ...

Glycemic control among critically-ill patients has been a topic of considerable attention for the past 15 years. An initial focus on the potentially deleterious effects of hyperglycemia led to a series of investigations regarding intensive insulin therapy strategies that targeted tight glycemic control. As knowledge accumulated, the pursuit of tight glycemic control among critically-ill patient...

doi: 10.1111/jdi.12599 With the accelerated aging of society, the number of elderly patients with diabetes continues to rise in Japan. The elderly have specific health problems that vary widely among individuals. In particular, susceptibility to severe hypoglycemia is a hallmark of elderly diabetes. Severe hypoglycemia not only impairs cognitive function but can also increase the risk of cardio...

BACKGROUND Long-term visit-to-visit glycemic variability is an additional measure of glycemic control. We aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of several measures of glycemic variability for the occurrence of micro- and macrovascular complications, and all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS 654 individuals were followed-up over a median of 9.3 years. Glycemic variabil...

BACKGROUND Long-term durable glycemic control is a difficult goal in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We evaluated the factors associated with durable glycemic control in a real clinical setting. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 194 new-onset, drug-naïve patients with T2DM who were diagnosed between January 2011 and March 2013, and were followed up ...

OBJECTIVE The effects of carbohydrates on plasma uric acid levels are a subject of controversy. We determined the individual and combined effects of carbohydrate quality (the glycemic index) and quantity (the proportion of total daily energy [percentage of carbohydrates]) on uric acid levels. METHODS We conducted a randomized, crossover trial of 4 different diets in overweight or obese adults...