BACKGROUND Diabetics are likely to receive advice from their physicians concerning lifestyle changes. To understand how much sodium is consumed by diabetics in Korea, we compared the average daily sodium intake between diabetics and non-diabetics after controlling for confounding factors. METHODS We obtained the sodium intake data for 13,957 individuals who participated in the Korean National...

Background: Ankle fractures in diabetics with secondary complications are more prone to postoperative complications than ankle fractures in diabetics without secondary complications. This study retrospectively compared the post injury complications of foot and ankle fractures in diabetics with and without secondary complications. Secondary complications of diabetes mellitus include peripheral a...

Many post-mortem studies have reported a higher level of atherosclerosis in diabetics. The two most convincing are the International Atherosclerosis Project (Robertson & Strong, 1968) and the Five Towns Study (Zdanov & Vihert, 1976). In the first of these, the influence of many factors, including diabetes, was assessed on the nature and degree of atherosclerosis in more than 34000 autopsies fro...

BACKGROUND High red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is related to impairment of erythropoiesis, reflecting chronic inflammation and increased levels of oxidative stress, both of which are telltale signs of type 2 diabetics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the RDW and fasting blood sugar/blood pressure, and compare the results from diabetics with nondiabetic co...

The incidence of carotid artery disease and cerebrovascular symptoms were determined in 102 consecutive patients with peripheral arterial disease. Symptoms were correlated with risk factors of age, hypertension, smoking and diabetes and with the extent of disease at the carotid bifurcation. The incidence of stroke with permanent neurological deficit was twice as high in diabetics as in non-diab...

OBJECTIVE To compare the periodontal status of a group of diabetic Coloured and Black communities of South Africa with a non-diabetic group. STUDY DESIGN Sixty-seven type 2 diabetics (mean age: 49.3 +/- 8.97) and 67 non-diabetics (mean age: 47.6 +/- 8.85) were examined. The plaque index (P1I), gingival index (GI), probing depth (PD) and clinical attachment loss (CAL) were recorded on Ramfjord...

conclusions according to the results, hearing impairment in high frequency sounds was more common in the diabetics than the healthy individuals. also, the severity of hearing loss in patients with diabetes was associated with the levels of creatinine (diabetic nephropathy). the hypothesis of the relationship between diabetes and hearing loss through nephropathy should be more examined in future...

Many post-mortem studies have reported a higher level of atherosclerosis in diabetics. The two most convincing are the International Atherosclerosis Project (Robertson & Strong, 1968) and the Five Towns Study (Zdanov & Vihert, 1976). In the first of these, the influence of many factors, including diabetes, was assessed on the nature and degree of atherosclerosis in more than 34000 autopsies fro...

A modified erythrocyte insulin receptor assay was developed. The major advantage of our method is the smaller amount of blood necessary for the assay and consequent simple handling in the binding assay. Three ml of blood is enough for this assay, making it possible to assess insulin receptors in a group of pediatric patients. There was a close relationship between mononuclear cells and erythroc...

Leaves of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni have been popularly used as a sweetener in foods and beverages for diabetics and obese people due to their potent sweetener stevioside. In this report, stevioside and steviol were tested for mutagenicity in Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98 and TA100 and for chromosomal effects on cultured human lymphocytes. Stevioside was not mutagenic at concentrations up...