BACKGROUND Complications increase treatment costs of diabetes mellitus (DM). An adequate metabolic control of the disease could reduce these costs. AIM To evaluate the costs of medical care for a cohort of patients with DM, according to their degree of metabolic compensation. MATERIAL AND METHODS All diabetic patients attended in a regional hospital from 2005 to 2010 were analyzed. A correl...

Nephropathy is a common complication of Diabetes Mellitus that could lead to End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD). Microalbuminuria is important as an ‘early marker’ of renal disease as it represents a time when renal biopsy shows no or minimal changes. Glycosylated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) represents the average glucose concentration over the period of 2-3 months and is accepted as a useful index of mean...

Fructosamine is an alternative method to hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) for determining average glycemia. However, its use has not been extensively evaluated in persons living with HIV (PLWH). We examined the relationship between HbA1c and fructosamine values, specifically focusing on anemia (which can affect HbA1c) and albumin as a marker of liver disease. We included 345 PLWH from two sites. We exami...

Abstract Objectives The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence, associated factors, and time for diabetic retinopathy (DR) development in Ecuadorian patients with type 2 diabetes (DM2) followed 10 years. Methods A retrospective cohort between 2007 2017 included 487 DM2 who had at least one dilated fundus eye examination Diabetes Center a primary-health-care level up ten Data was collec...

High mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) was significantly increased in coronary artery disease (CAD) with type 2 diabetic mellitus (T2DM) patients. This study was to investigate the relationship between average blood glucose level and HMGB1 level in CAD with T2DM patients. 164 CAD patients were divided into two groups: CAD with T2DM patients group and CAD without T2DM patients group. Glycated...

OBJECTIVES For this cross-sectional study, we aimed to elucidate whether higher glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and glucose levels exert a negative impact on memory performance and hippocampal volume and microstructure in a cohort of healthy, older, nondiabetic individuals without dementia. METHODS In 141 individuals (72 women, mean age 63.1 years ± 6.9 SD), memory was tested using the Rey Au...

Background: Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) has been used as the gold standard for assessment of glycemic control and as a interpreter of complications caused by diabetic mellitus. Anaemia should be evaluated before reaching to any therapeutic decision individually on the basis of HbA1c levels. That is why the present study was designed to assess if there is any relation between iron deficiency...

OBJECTIVE To investigate risk factors for diabetic peripheral polyneuropathy and their correlation with the quantified severity of nerve dysfunction in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS A total of 187 diabetic patients with clinically suspected polyneuropathy (PN) were subclassified into 2 groups according to electrodiagnostic testing: a DM-PN group of 153 diabetic patients withou...

BACKGROUND The evidence of the relationship between fiber intake and control of diabetes is mixed. The purpose of this study was to determine if an increase in dietary fiber affects glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and fasting blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS Randomized studies published from January 1, 1980, to December 31, 2010, that involved an increase in di...