BACKGROUND Hyperglycemia is a marker of poor outcome in acute ischemic stroke (IS) patients. We aimed at evaluating the effect of combined HbA1c and first glucose measurement values on 3-month mortality prediction. METHODS In a prospective analysis, 1,317 first-ever IS patients with HbA1c values were classified by first glycemia value (<155, 155-199, ≥200 mg/dl). Three-month mortality was ana...

abstract   background: the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of aerobic training with and without drug modification on some blood metabolites and substrates in women with type 2 diabetes. methods: forty-nine women with type 2 diabetes were randomly divided into four groups as following: training-full drug, training-half drug, no training-full drug, and no training-half drug. ...

abstract background: illness perception can affect health-related behaviors and disease outcomes. objectives: to determine the effect of an educational intervention of improving illness perception on some modifiable risk factors of coronary artery disease. methods: in this clinical trial, 100 patients undergoing coronary angiography that met the inclusion criteria were divided randomly into two...

the human blood basal glucose level is a completely controlled range. information on the relationship between culture glucose concentration and changes in the cell's surface area, volume and surface area to volume (s/v) ratio are lacking. cancerous epithelial-like cell lines sw480, sw742 and t-47d were cultured in mediums nourished with 4.7 mm per liter of glucose as the control group and three...

Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome is one of the most commen hyper androgenic disorders affecting women, its prevalence being estimated at 5% – 10%. Our goal was to survey abnormal glucose tolerance, insulin resistance and incidence of diabetes type 2 in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. Materials and methods: This investigation is a descriptive – analytic study which is done to su...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the effect of enrolment in the public health insurance scheme known as Seguro Popular [People's Insurance] on access to health resources, treatment and blood glucose control among poor adults with diabetes in Mexico. METHODS We analysed cross-sectional data from the 2006 National Health and Nutrition Survey and compared health care access and biological health outcomes, s...

Mobile phones are two-way radios that emit electromagnetic radiation in microwave range. As the number of mobile phone users has reached 6 billion, the bioeffects of exposure to mobile phone radiation and mobile phone electromagnetic interference with electronic equipment have received more attention, globally. As self-monitoring of blood glucose can be a beneficial part of diabetes control, ho...

Objective To determine the association of household wealth and education level with hypertension diabetes in Bangladesh using propensity score (PS) analyses. Methods A nationally representative sample Demographic Health Survey 2017–18 was analysed to explore research question. weighted 11 320 individuals considered. Hypertension were outcomes interest, status (non-poor poor) (secondary/higher n...