introduction: diabetes mellitus(dm) is a disorder characterized by abnormally high level of glucose in blood due to impaired insulin secretion,act or both. due to its chronic and severe complications , dm will likely contininue to be a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of diabetes in over-thirty year-old individuals in kermanshah prov...

Abbreviations: A1C, glycosylated hemoglobin A1c; CFA, confirmatory factor analysis; CFI, comparative fit index; DCCT, Diabetes Control and Complications Trial; DSC-R, Diabetes Symptom Checklist-Revised; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HRQOL, health-related quality of life; ITT, intent-to-treat; RMSEA, root mean square error of approximation; SF-36, Short-Form Health Survey; TLI, Tucker Lewis index...

The efficacy of using fasting plasma glucose (FPG) alone as a preferred screening test for diabetes has been questioned. This study was aimed to evaluate whether the use of serum advanced glycation end products-peptides (sAGEP) would help to improve the efficacy of FPG in diabetes screening among high-risk Chinese subjects with FPG <7.0 mmol/L. FPG, 2-h plasma glucose (2h-PG), serum glycated ha...

Aims. To evaluate the effect of the traditional Vietnamese herb Gynostemma pentaphyllum tea on insulin sensitivity in drug-naïve type 2 diabetic patients. Methods. Patients received GP or placebo tea 6 g daily for four weeks and vice versa with a 2-week wash-out period. At the end of each period, a somatostatin-insulin-glucose infusion test (SIGIT) was performed to evaluate the insulin sensitiv...

Background: Recent studies suggest that psoriasis may be a pathogenic factor for the metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis. The aim of our study was to investigate the metabolic state in psoriatic patients in order to clarify the association between psoriasis and insulin resistance.Methods: This single-centre, case- control study was performed between 2008 and 2010 to evaluate the metabo...

BACKGROUND Glycosylated hemoglobin, HbA 1c is the most acceptable measure of chronic glycemia. It is not widely available and/or affordable in Nigeria. The mean of the monthly fasting plasma glucose (MFPG) of the preceding 3 months is often used as surrogate for assessing chronic glycemia. OBJECTIVE To determine the relationships among fasting plasma glucose (FPG), 2-hour post-prandial glucos...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Diabetes is a strong risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, whereas few studies have investigated simultaneously the associations of glycated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), fasting blood glucose (fasting plasma glucose (FPG)) and 2 h postload blood glucose (2 h PG) with low-grade albuminuria, which is an earlier marker of cardiovascular diseases in the general population. O...

192 words) Objective: The most common screening tests for glucose intolerance are fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). Because it reflects the current status of hyperglycemia, urinary myo-inositol (UMI) may be useful. We evaluated UMI as a screening tool for glucose intolerance. Design and Methods: A cross-sectional, community-based population study of 1057 Japanese res...

BACKGROUND High-density lipoprotein (HDL) enhances cholesterol efflux from the arterial wall and exhibits potent anti-inflammatory and anti-atherosclerosis (AS) properties. Whether raised HDL levels will clinically benefit patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and the value at which these effects will be apparent, however, is debatable. This study examined the HDL subclass distribution pr...

Using the data from trial of Metformin and AcaRbose in Chinese as initial Hypoglycemic treatment (MARCH), this study was performed to compare differential effects acarbose metformin on glucose metabolism after stratification by gender. Six hundred forty patients who had finished whole 48-week follow-up were included. The reduction haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) comparable between acarbose- metformin-t...