OBJECTIVE To evaluate the heterogeneity and the coexistence of diabetic neuropathy (DNP) in type 1 (T1DM) and 2 (T2DM) diabetes mellitus. METHODS 74 T2DM and 20 T1DM patients were evaluated according to age (years), time from diagnosis of diabetes (TDD, years), body mass index (BMI, kg/m(2)), HbA1c and DNP type (American Diabetes Association criteria). RESULTS T1DM was younger (32.7 +/- 11....

background: we aimed to assess the prevalence of type-2 diabetes in rural pondicherry and to study the determinants of diabetes mellitus (dm) in the rural population of pondicherry, south induia. methods: it was a cross-sectional community-based study conducted from november 2010 to january 2012 in two of the field practice villages affiliated to a medical college in pondicherry. sample size wa...

background: type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) and periodontitis are infl ammatory conditions with a bidirectional association. this pilot study aimed to evaluate whether t2dm and glycemic control interfere in infl ammatory markers profi les in gingival crevicular fl uid (gcf) in periodontitis patients. materials and methods: fourteen diabetic periodontitis patients were enrolled in this study, se...

BACKGROUND Body mass index (BMI) is often used as an objective surrogate estimate of body fat. Increased BMI is directly associated with an increase in metabolic disease, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The Stunkard Figure Rating Scale (FRS) is a subjective measure of body fat, and self-perceptions of body image conceivably impact the development and treatment of T2DM. This study exami...

Studies that investigated an association between asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have given discordant results. The aim of this study was to determine and compare serum ADMA concentration in patients with T2DM and healthy controls, and to assess correlation between ADMA and HbA1c in patients with T2DM. Serum ADMA concentrati...

INTRODUCTION Diabetes mellitus (DM) afflicts at least 5 million people in Nigeria, with more than 80% having type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Microvascular complications increase both morbidity and mortality inpatients with T2DM. The aims of this study were to report the burden of various microvascular complications in T2DM and to identify various factors associated with these complications in ...

background: considerable evidence suggests that oxidative stress affects diabetes mellitus (dm) and contributes to its complications. vitamin d has been shown to possess antioxidant properties. the aim of this study was to determine the association between serum levels of calcifediol (25-oh-d), an indicator of vitamin d status, and lipid profiles with oxidative stress in patients with type 2 di...

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in children and adolescents is an important Public Health problem against the backdrop of the epidemic of childhood obesity. The clinical presentation of T2DM in youth is heterogeneous from minimal symptomatology to diabetic ketoacidosis. The increasing rates of youth T2DM have paralleled the escalating rates of obesity, which is the major risk factor impacting i...

AIM The aim of this study was to investigate whether the Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) could assist in classifying type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and non-T2DM among patients attending clinics in India. METHODS Patient records from 2006 through 2009 were taken from the clinical database of a tertiary care diabetes hospital in Chennai, Southern India. A total of 8747 patients with diabetes...

SELL (L-selectin) is a candidate gene for several complex diseases including diabetes mellitus and renal failure. Our aim was to investigate the involvement of P213S SELL gene polymorphism (rs2229569) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and related end stage renal disease (ESRD). Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients without ESRD (n=250) or with ESRD (n=90), ESRD patients without diabetes (n=119) an...