BACKGROUND We assessed the ability of LDL from 30 type 1 diabetic patients (18 men, 12 women), 65 type 2 diabetic patients (35 men, 30 women), and 35 controls (19 men, 16 women) to generate peroxides. The men and women in the diabetic groups were studied separately and matched for age, body mass index, duration of diabetes, glycohemoglobin, and conventional lipid characteristics according to th...

BACKGROUND An XbaI polymorphism in the gene encoding the glucose transporter, GLUT-1, is associated with development of diabetic nephropathy in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients. In addition, an amino acid variant (K121Q) in the gene encoding the glycoprotein plasma cell differentiating antigen (PC-1), a specific inhibitor of insulin receptor signalling, has been reported to predict a faster pro...

OBJECTIVE Appropriate gestational weight gain (GWG) is important in diabetic women. Current GWG guideline is for US general population, but not specific for diabetic women. We compared the effect of GWG on perinatal outcomes between diabetic and non-diabetic women. METHODS Fifty two hundred and twelve women who delivered live singleton infants at Korea University Medical Center from January 2...

background: research says that diabetes may develop in over 10% of non-diabetic pregnant women. diabetes which generally occurs late in second trimester and third trimester of pregnancy, it is called gestational diabetes. overweight or suffering from obesity before pregnancy is type 2 diabetes risk factor. in most cases, diabetic symptoms disappear after delivery. hla-g has an important role bo...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION The present study elucidated the effect of diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) on lower extremity strength in a wide age range of type 2 diabetes patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Participants (n = 1,442) were divided into three age groups (30-49 years, 50-69 years and 70-87 years), and comparisons were made separately for each sex. Lower extremity strength was measured in terms of ...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to determine the characteristics affecting insulin resistance in non-obese middle-aged adults in a rural community. METHODS A total of 1,270 non-diabetic adults aged between 40 and 64 years old with body mass index (BMI) less than 25 kg/m(2) were analyzed. Subjects with insulin resistance were defined as those who had the highest quartile value of the homeostasis model ass...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in type 2 diabetes patients, by comparing the sexual function between type 2 diabetic women and non-diabetic women with Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). METHODS 115 type 2 diabetic women and 107 age-matched non-diabetes women were enrolled with similar backgrounds. Their sexual functions were evaluated with FSFI. Metabolic param...

BACKGROUND The increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in diabetic compared to non-diabetic subjects seems to decrease with age. Whether this age-related reduction applies to CVD risk factors, and whether it is limited to established diabetes mellitus (DM) or also applies to pre-diabetic conditions are not well known. METHODS Using a cross-sectional design we compared the strength of t...