conclusions as the prevalence of hypomagnesaemia among patients with type 2 diabetes treated at the ncdeg was found to be 19% (95% ci, 16.8%-21.4%), we recommend periodic determination of magnesium level and appropriate magnesium replacement therapy particularly among the above defined groups. results out of 1105 patients with type 2 diabetes, 210 patients (19%) (95% ci, 16.8%-21.4%) were hypom...

background: the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of the sensory neuropathy in type 2 diabetic patients referring to yazd diabetes research center. neuropathy is one of the most common complications of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes melli-tus. material and methods: this is a cross-sectional study on 2350 diabetic patients (1071 male, 1279 female) referred to ya...

Objective(s):Pentoxifylline is an immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory agent and is used in vascular disorders. It has been shown that pentoxifylline inhibits proinflammatory [d1] cytokines production. The purpose of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effects of pentoxifylline on the treatment of autoimmune diabetes in mice. Materials and Methods: Diabetes was induced by multiple l...

Context Multiple consensus statements decree that women with diabetes mellitus should have comparable birth outcomes to women without diabetes mellitus; however, there is a scarcity of contemporary population-based studies on this issue. Objective To examine temporal trends in obstetric interventions and perinatal outcomes in a population-based cohort of women with type 1, type 2, or gestatio...

Diabetes can be simply classified into type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Zinc transporter 8 (ZnT8), a novel islet autoantigen, is specifically expressed in insulin-containing secretory granules of β-cells. Genetic studies show that the genotypes of SLC30A8 can determine either protective or diabetogenic response depending on environmental and lifestyle factors. The ZnT8 pro...

patients and methods we extracted the demographic characteristics of 110 women with gdm who had delivered during 2004 - 2010 in three main hospitals of zanjan city, iran. the patients were recalled to perform oral glucose tolerance test (ogtt) and other necessary tests for mets diagnosis. anthropometric measurements were recorded of all the participants. results in this study, 110 women with a ...

background the goal of diabetes control should be feasible in order to minimize the risk of its adverse events and to reduce its burden and cost on patients. the current study aimed to assess the status of glycemic control in male and female patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) in kerman, iran.   methods in the present study, 500 t2dm (300 women and 200 men) from the kerman coronary ar...

to determine the relation between birth weight and age of presentation of type 1 diabetes and assess its risk factors, a case-control study was done on all diabetic patients under the age of 15, who were registered in shiraz diabetic center or admitted in namazi hospital. a case group of 87 diabetic patients were matched with a control group of 100 healthy individuals. birth weight ≥ 4kg was de...