Introduction. Periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMs) is common in the elderly. When quality-of-life drops due to sleep disturbances, we speak about periodic limb movement disorder during sleep (PLMD). Another similar disorder, restless legs syndrome (RLS), is considered to be related to diabetes; RLS and PLMDs are genetically related. Our aim was to detect PLMDs in a population of diabetic...

INTRODUCTION The Mean platelet volume and platelet counts are indicators of thrombotic potentials, and risk factors for microvascular complications in diabetics. This study aimed to establish variations in platelet counts and mean platelet volume in type 2 diabetic patients on treatment and non-diabetic controls. METHODS This was an unmatched case-control study involving 200 participants cons...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome (MS) is associated with increased risks of diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. However, data on the impact of MS and its individual components on subclinical atherosclerosis (SCA) according to diabetes status are scarce. METHODS Surrogate markers of SCA, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), and carotid intima-medial thickness (IMT) and pla...

Known factors associated with under-reporting energy intake (EI) include anthropometry, energy expenditure, psychological factors, smoking, and gender. There is insufficient information on the association between chronic disease status and under-reporting EI. Using NHANES III data from non-pregnant adults aged 20 years, reported EI was estimated from a single 24-hour dietary recall and compared...

BACKGROUND Diabetics who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are at increased risk for death, myocardial infarction, repeat revascularization, and stent thrombosis. METHODS Our retrospective study includes 887 consecutive patients who underwent PCI with drug-eluting stents (DES) at UCLA Medical Center. The cohort was divided into four groups: group 1, no diabetes and no acute cor...

To assess the current epidemiological situation concerning lower limb amputations in southern Finland the data on all amputations made in the catchment area of the Helsinki University Central Hospital were analysed for the period 1984-85. During the two-year period, 880 amputations of lower limbs were performed on 705 patients. The amputation rate was 32.5 per 100,000 inhabitants in 1984 and 28...

Elderly population, in India as well as worldwide, is increasing rapidly over the years. Geriatric medicine is yet to acquire an important place in India. People aged 60 years and above are considered as the Elderly population. Elderly people are suffering from various physical, mental ,social and economical problems. Elderly are vulnerable to long term diseases of insidious onset such ascardio...

Glycosylated hemoglobin and protein were measured in maternal and cord blood of 24 normal, 19 class A, and ten insulin-treated diabetics using an affinity chromatographic technique. Maternal (intrapartum) glycohemoglobin and glycoprotein levels in the diabetics were not significantly different from those in normal controls, suggesting "tight" metabolic control in these patients. Compared with c...