Diabetes mellitus and depression are highly prevalent conditions Background throughout the world and have significant impact on health outcomes. It has been estimated that diabetes mellitus type 2 affects about 246 million people in the world; nevertheless, incidence varies among countries. There is evidence that depression is associated with a poor metabolic control in patients with type 2 dia...

abstract introduction: in recent years, many studies employed and found an association between type 2 diabetes mellitus and colorectal cancer. although increased risk of colorectal cancer in individuals with non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (niddm) has been observed in previous studies, limited information is available on the colorectal cancer associated with niddm in iran. the purpose o...

background : there is disagreement on the effect of diabetes on oral hygiene. the purpose of this study was to assess the oral health and hygiene status of type 1 diabetic patient. methods : in this case control study, periodontal health and hygiene of 80 children and adolescents (5–18 yr of age) with type 1 diabetes mellitus referred to pediatric endocrine clinic of besat hospital hamadan iran...

diabetes is considered as a global affecting disease with an increasing contribution to both mortality rate and cost damage in the society. therefore, tight control of blood glucose levels has gained significant attention over the decades. this paper proposes a method for blood glucose level regulation in type 1 diabetics. the control strategy is based on combining the fuzzy logic theory and si...

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...

OBJECTIVES Environmental factors play an important role in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes mellitus, many of these factors have been uncovered despite much research. A case-control study was carried out to determine the potential maternal, neonatal and early childhood risk factors for type 1 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in Basrah. METHODS A total of 96 diabetic patients w...

diabetes mellitus is the common endocrine problem that affects millions of world population. the disease can be seen in every country around the world. it is recorded as one of the most common noninfectious disease at present. in the era of the new emerging diseases, the concern on the effect of new diseases on diabetes should be discussed. for example, in the case of new emerging zoonotic infl...

Hepatitis C virus infection and diabetes mellitus are two major public health problems worldwide and the burden of these diseases is expected to increase in the near future. Hepatitis C virus is associated to autoimmune disorders of several organs (e.g. thyroid and kidney) and has recently been reported to be associated also to metabolic disorders including type 2 diabetes mellitus. Biologicall...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the cumulative incidence for the development of diabetes mellitus in Chinese women with persistently impaired glucose tolerance after gestational diabetes, and evaluate putative risk factors. DESIGN Historical cohort study. SETTING A regional hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS Women with postpartum impaired glucose tolerance (as confirmed by a 75-gram oral glucose tole...