erectile dysfunction (ed) is an important impediment to quality of life. diabetes mellitus is one of the most common causes of ed. however, it has been one of the most neglected complications of diabetes mellitus. our objective was to study the prevalence of ed and its risk factors in iranian diabetic men. during 2002-2004, 700 diabetic men aged 20-69 years were interviewed to report on their e...

abstract      background and objective: diabetes mellitus is the most common risk factor for coronary artery disease (cad). cholesteryl ester transfer protein (cetp) taqib polymorphism is associated with changes in lipid profile and may be a risk factor for cad in patients with diabetes. this study aimed to evaluate the association of cetp taqib polymorphism with cad in patients with type 2 dia...

background and objectives: diabetes mellitus and periodontal disease are two chronic and common diseases with close relationship together affecting public health and quality of life. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of resveratrol supplementation in adjunct with non-surgical periodontal treatment (nst) on blood glucose, triglyceride, periodontal status and inflammatory marker...

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is becoming one of the major causes of premature adult mortality in developing countries. However, there is a very little documentation of the morbidity trend in such countries. OBJECTIVE To assess the ten-year trend of diabetes mellitus at Gondar University Teaching Referral Hospital, northwest Ethiopia. METHODS A hospital-based retrospective record review was ...

diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases in nearly all countries. it is difficult to treat and expensive to manage. the development of type 2 diabetes is strongly related to lifestyle factors, thus it might be a preventable disease. observational studies and intervention trials have shown that physical activity, weight loss and dietary intake including whole grain, dietary f...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION Adipose tissue-derived hormones are associated with metabolic disorders including type 2 diabetes mellitus. The present study investigated the levels of adiponectin and pro-inflammatory cytokines including tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) and IL-10 in Vietnamese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and their correlations with clinical parameters o...

Type 2 diabetes mellitus prevalence is growing globally, and the leading cause of mortality in these patients is cardiovascular disease. Epigenetic mechanisms such as microRNAs (miRs) and DNA methylation may contribute to complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus. We discovered an aberrant type 2 diabetes mellitus-smooth muscle cell phenotype driven by persistent up-regulation of miR-145. This ...

OBJECTIVE To gather current information about the effects of type 1 diabetes mellitus on children's cardiac autonomic behavior. DATA SOURCES The search of articles was conducted on PubMed, Ibecs, Medline, Cochrane, Lilacs, SciELO and PEDro databases using the MeSH terms: "autonomic nervous system", "diabetes mellitus", "child", "type 1 diabetes mellitus", "sympathetic nervous system" and "par...

Diabetes is one of the common metabolic diseases, mainly divided into two types, type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Insulin resistance is the main performance of type 2 diabetes mellitus which are relative to some gene mutation, genetics, obesity and so on. Protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) plays an important role as a negative regulator in insulin signaling pathways t...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION Brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) is a method of evaluating the function of vascular endothelial cells and is utilized for early diagnosis of atherosclerotic diseases. Only a few studies evaluated the risks for major vascular complications in youth with type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus from the aspect of the early development of atherosclerosis. We studied whether the...