Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder which described by chronic hyperglycemia due to faulty insulin secretion. Metabolism of lipids, carbohydrates and proteins are disturbed in DM Objective: To assess the occurrence distribution diabetes mellitus Mardan, Pakistan Methods: It cross-sectional, survery-based study conducted at District Headquarter Hospital Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The detaile...

An obese animal model having mild glucose intolerance was developed by intravenous administration of sub-optimal dose of alloxan to British Angora rabbits. Mild hypoglycaemic activity of crude extract prepared from leaves of a Nepalese herb Biophytum sensitivum, which was missed by the conventional diabetic animal models, was demonstrable in these animals. Initial fasting hyperglycaemia observe...

Diabetes mellitus (Type 2) is a chronic disease characterized by high fasting blood glucose that can affect people without detection at onset until after some time in life. Early diagnoses and management usually lead to better quality of life an individual. The predisposing factors associated with the among same population vary as result genetic composition susceptibility every single

OBJECTIVE To recognize the prevalence of impaired fasting glucose level (IFG) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in general population of Depok Area, West Java. METHODS the study was conducted in a population with age > or = 25 years, in Depok Area, West Java, which was selected by using two stage random sampling. Data were collected by using the Step Wise Approach of WHO. Subjects without ...

Aim: It was aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) test in pediatric prediabetes, and determine cut-off value for adolescent. 
 Material Method: This study carried out by retrospectively evaluating data 379 adolescents aged between 10 18 years. Prediabetes diagnosed based on glucose criteria, either fasting or 2-hour (2h) during a 75 g oral tolerance (OGTT),...

BACKGROUND Recent findings suggest that both low and very high fasting blood glucose concentrations may be linked with depression, though whether type 2 diabetes is associated with depression may depend on awareness of the diagnosis. We explored the association between fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes (undiagnosed and diagnosed) and depression in middle-aged men. METHODS Participants were ...