Background: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder with vast social and economic consequences an ageing population obesity due to sedentary lifestyle are one of the foremost reasons for development type 2 diabetes mellitus. Aim current study was ascertain burden respiratory function abnormalities in diabetic subjects its correlation symptom hba1c non-smokers. Methods: This cross-sect...

A red cell metabolic abnormality, which diminishes the maximum activity of the pentose phosphate shunt, occurs in some uremic patients, even those adequately dialyzed with fluids prepared from distilled or charcoal-filtered water. Within individual patients the severity of this abnormality does not change even after 9 mo of consecutive hemodialyses. However, between patients it does correlate i...

The metabolic syndrome consists of a cluster of metabolic disorders, many of which promote the development of atherosclerosis and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease events. Insulin resistance may lie at the heart of the metabolic syndrome. Elevated serum triglycerides commonly associate with insulin resistance and represent a valuable clinical marker of the metabolic syndrome. Abdomina...

Idiopathic hypercalciuria is a metabolic abnormality characterized by excessive calcium excretion in the urine with normal serum calcium levels and is a common risk factor for formation of kidney stones and/or nephrocalcinosis. These patients benefit from a normal-calcium, reduced-animal protein, and low-salt diet, along with a thiazide diuretic.

Background Alkaptonuria is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder with an incidence of 1 case in 250,000 to 1 million live births. This genetic abnormality involves the tyrosine metabolism pathway which results in homogentisic acid accumulation throughout various tissues, including the heart. The purpose of this study is to prospectively determine the prevalence of cardiovascular abnorma...