OBJECTIVE We aimed to update the epidemiology of type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients among the incident end-stage renal disease (ESRD) population in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) and to determine whether outcome is worse for diabetic women, as described in the general population. RESEARCH DESIGNS AND METHODS All resident adults of ANZ who began renal replacement therapy (RRT) from 1 April 1...

background & aim: breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers are the leading causes of mortality among women, the incidence rate of which has an upward trend with advancing age. although cost-effective, easy, and available screening programs can help control these types of cancer in their early stages, it seems that cancer screening programs have not been implemented effectively. in this study, w...

background: middle-aged women encounter some barriers to their mental health, putting them at great risk for developing mental disorders. objectives: the aim of this study was to explore barriers to middle-aged women’s mental health. materials and methods: this was a qualitative content analysis study conducted in 2013 in kashan, iran. a purposive, maximum variation sample of 23 middle-aged wom...

BACKGROUND Polycystic ovaries (PCO) and their clinical expression (the polycystic ovary syndrome [PCOS]) as well as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are common medical conditions linked through insulin resistance. We studied the prevalence of PCO and PCOS in women with diet and/or oral hypoglycemic treated T2DM and non-diabetic control women. DESIGN Prospective study. METHODS One hundred and...

We read with interest the recent paper by Harjutsalo and colleagues [1] which reported that the standardized mortality ratio due to ischemic heart disease was higher in women than in men in the cohort of type 1 diabetes: within the early-onset (0–14 years) cohort, the standardized mortality ratio was 52.8 (95% confidence interval 36.3–74.5) in women compared with 12.1 (9.2–15.8) in men; within ...

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of and risk factors for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in women with and without diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 636 nonpregnant women with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) who were 18-75 years of age and had no abnormalities of the urinary tract, and 153 women without diabetes who were visiting the eye and trauma outpatient clinic (control subje...

diabetes mellitus (dm) and osteoporosis are common diseases and their prevalence increases with age. several investigations have indicated that type 1 dm has a significant relationship with bone loss, whereas in type 2 diabetes, this relationship is controversial. therefore, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between osteoporosis and type 2 dm in elderly people. this populat...

I appreciate the heavy work conducted by Dr. Saleh and all his colleagues1 in their recent paper. There has been a rise in the prevalence of large newborns over a few decades in many parts of the world. In current obstetrics, the macrosomic fetus represents a frequent clinical challenge.2 Various studies have shown a significant increase in the frequency of complications in the course of pregna...