Objective: Diabetes mellitus (DM) also known as diabetes, is a chronic metabolic disorder that is rapidly becoming a worldwide concern with severe economic, social, and health consequences. Diabetes is a collection of metabolic illnesses defined by hyperglycemia that results due to abnormalities in the secretion of insulin, its action, or a combination of the two. According to the International...

Diabetes poses a considerable health threat in Australia and is predicted to soon become the largest contributor to the burden of disease in this country.1 There are an estimated 1 million Australians with diabetes, and another 2 million at high risk of developing the disease.2 Many people with diabetes remain undiagnosed and an important strategy for reducing the disease burden is to detect an...

NIDDM (or type II diabetes) was estimated in 1995 to affect ~15 million people in the U.S. (1). The prevalence has increased steadily since at least 1958, when modern national survey data were first collected, and shows no sign of decreasing (2). A substantial proportion of the U.S. population has asymptomatic hyperglycemia (undiagnosed diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance [IGT]). For example...

BACKGROUND Unconventional settings, outside general medical practice, are an underutilised resource in the attempt to identify the large numbers of people with undiagnosed diabetes worldwide. AIM The study investigated the feasibility of using optometry practices (opticians) as a setting for a diabetes screening service. DESIGN AND SETTING Adults attending high street optometry practices in...

OBJECTIVE A loss of skeletal muscle mass is frequently observed in older adults. The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of type 2 diabetes on the changes in body composition, with particular interest in the skeletal muscle mass. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We examined total body composition with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry annually for 6 years in 2,675 older adults. We also m...

This debate received renewed attention in 2010 when the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) recommended revisions to existing diagnostic criteria and screening protocols used to identify women with GDM. The revised screening guidelines would allow for earlier detection of maternal hyperglycemia and undiagnosed type 2 diabetes and would lower the diagnostic ...

This review mainly focuses on the management of type 2 diabetes in the preoperative setting with a special emphasis on intraoperative glycemic control. Some patients learn their diagnosis of diabetes just prior to the surgery. The prevalence of previously undiagnosed diabetes is reported to be 5.2-10% in literature. Treatment protocols must be tailored individually but evidence based approach i...

Type-2 diabetes (adult-onset or non-insulin-dependent diabetes) is a common metabolic disorder in which the body is unable to regulate the amount of glucose in the blood. The condition affects nearly 1.5 million people in the UK (Diabetes UK, 2004), and may be undiagnosed in as many as a million more. It develops when insufficient insulin is produced by the body, or when the body’s cells no lon...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES The current study examined trends in adherence to dietary recommendations and compared the levels of adherence between diagnosed and undiagnosed subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Korea over the past 14 years. SUBJECTS/METHODS Data were collected from the 1998-2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (KNHANES). Diagnosed diabetes was def...