Diabetes affects 22.3 million people in the United States.1 It is a major cause of heart disease and stroke and is the seventh leading cause of death.2 Patients with diabetes are at two to four times greater risk of myocardial infarction (MI) than those without diabetes, and diabetes is the primary reason for renal failure, blindness, and nontraumatic limb amputations.3 Preventive care practice...

OBJECTIVE To compare the mortality of people who were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes over 65 years of age with that of nondiabetic individuals. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Using a population-based diabetes information system for an observational cohort study in Tayside, Scotland, people who were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes over the age of 65 years between 1993 and 2002 were identified. Non...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Compared with non-First Nations, First Nations People with diabetes experience higher rates of kidney failure and death, which may be related to disparities in care. This study examined First Nations and non-First Nations People with diabetes for differences in quality indicators and their association with kidney failure and death. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & ME...

OBJECTIVE This study examined racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a nationally representative sample of adults with and without common psychiatric disorders. METHOD Data were drawn from Wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (N=34,653). Logistic regression models adjusting for sociodemographic variables and diabetes risk f...

Economic analyses may be used to describe the costs of health care programs and to ensure that value is obtained for the money spent. This issue of Diabetes Care includes three economic analyses. The first describes the incremental costs of diabetes over a lifetime and highlights how interventions to prevent diabetes may reduce lifetime costs (1). The second demonstrates that although an expens...

AIMS To assess the influence of glycaemic control on long-term mortality from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in patients with newly diagnosed diabetes. METHODS AND RESULTS In a large population study in Norway, people > or =40 years with non-fasting glucose > or =8 mmol/L were invited to a fasting glucose test, and if the fasting value was <7 mmol/L, an oral glucose tolerance test was also per...

Limb problem is a common complication for patients with diabetes. While the impact of diabetic limb problems on physical health is well known, the psychological impact of the condition is still largely unknown. People with diabetes with or without foot ulcers frequently suffer from major depressive disorder, and this is made worse by the presence of limb complications. Furthermore, depression i...

Objective: Diabetic patients are more likely to be infected and are at the higher risk of morbidity and mortality in COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to compare the preventive behaviours and perceived risk of COVID-19 in women with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Materials and Methods: The analytical cross-sectional study was conducted from June to July 2020 on 151 par...

E levated levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) have been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease among the general population (1– 6). People with diabetes (7), hypertension (8), and obesity (9) have CRP levels that are higher than those in people without these conditions in the general population. Previous studies indicate an inverse association between dietary fiber intake and l...