abstract background: type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the psychosomatic disorders that stress playing an important role in causing, severity, and long term situation. the present study conducted to determine the association of personality type a and b to type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients’ referring to diabetes center. methods: in the descriptive correlation study, 50 diabetic type 2 patien...

abstract objective: this study was carried out for investigating the religion orientation relationship with coping with diabetes in type 2 diabetic patients in yazd, iran. the present study is a kind of scientific-comparative description. the research subjects comprised of all type 2 diabetic patients admitted to the hospitals in yazd. materials and methods: the study sample was consisted of 16...

angiotensin i-converting enzyme (ace) gene polymorphism; genotype dd or d allele may be involved with an increased susceptibility to type 2 diabetes and diabetic nephropathy (dn). we examined the frequency of ace gene polymorphism in 170 patients (85 type 2 diabetes with nephropathy and 85 without it) in tehran, iran. dna was extracted from the white blood cells and the i/d polymorphism of the ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the level of Lipoprotein (a) in diabetic patients comparing to control group. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on the patients referred to Endocrinology Clinic of Bu Ali-Sina Hospital in 2009. 180 subjects including 90 diabetic and 90 healthy subjects as control group enrolled in this study. All diabetic patients had glycemic control. We ...

objective: to determine the level of lipoprotein (a) in diabetic patients comparing to control group. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on the patients referred to endocrinology clinic of bu ali-sina hospital in 2009. 180 subjects including 90 diabetic and 90 healthy subjects as control group enrolled in this study. all diabetic patients had glycemic control. we me...

incidence of diabetes is increasing in developing countries as well as iran. half of the patients are not aware of their disease so screening of diabetes is necessary. lifestyle changes in society, high-saturated fat diet and decreased physical activity are the factors that influence the growing rate of diabetes in iran.1 the need for addressing type 2 diabetes has been clarified for family phy...

background and objectives: increased consumption of fiber in the diet of diabetic patients is usually recommended for better diabetes control. trans-theoretical model of health behavior has had positive results in diabetes consultations on healthcare and adherence to healthy eating. the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between the stages of change based on fiber consumption a...

conclusions as the prevalence of hypomagnesaemia among patients with type 2 diabetes treated at the ncdeg was found to be 19% (95% ci, 16.8%-21.4%), we recommend periodic determination of magnesium level and appropriate magnesium replacement therapy particularly among the above defined groups. results out of 1105 patients with type 2 diabetes, 210 patients (19%) (95% ci, 16.8%-21.4%) were hypom...