Subject Index Volume 6

acarbose combined use of basal insulin analog and acarbose reduces postprandial glucose in patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, Kim 219–226 add-on therapy efficacy and safety of luseogliflozin added to various oral antidiabetic drugs in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, Seino 443–453 adenosine triphosphate-sensitive K+ channel fructose induces glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, glucagon-like peptide-1 and insulin secretion: role of adenosine triphosphate-sensitive K+ channels, Seino 522–526 adiponectin gene–environment interaction between adiponectin gene polymorphisms and environmental factors on the risk of diabetic retinopathy, Li 56–66 association between the level of circulating adiponectin and prediabetes: a meta-analysis, Lai 416–429 aging therapeutic efficacy of bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells in diabetic polyneuropathy is impaired with aging or diabetes, Kondo 140–149 albuminuria a new Classification of Diabetic Nephropathy 2014: a report from Joint Committee on Diabetic Nephropathy, Haneda 242–246 alpha-glucosidase inhibitor efficacy and safety of the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor sitagliptin compared with alpha-glucosidase inhibitor in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled on metformin or pioglitazone alone (Study for an Ultimate Combination Therapy to Control Diabetes with Sitagliptin-1): a multicenter, randomized, open-label, non-inferiority trial, Yokoh 182–191 amino acids association between insulin resistance and plasma amino acid profile in non-diabetic Japanese subjects, Yamada 408–415 apolipoprotein C-III lack of predictive power of plasma lipids or lipoproteins for gestational diabetes mellitus in Japanese women, Iimura 640–646 approximate entropy cardiovascular autonomic function analysis using approximate entropy from 24-h heart rate variability and its frequency components in patients with type 2 diabetes, Li 227–235 asian incretin physiology and pathophysiology from an Asian perspective, Cho 495–507 asians efficacy and safety of linagliptin monotherapy in Asian patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus: a multinational, 24-week, randomized, clinical trial, Chen 692–698 atherosclerosis ultrasound analysis of gray-scale median value of carotid plaques is a useful reference index for cerebro-cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes, Ariyoshi 91–97 autophagy new mechanisms of metformin action: focusing on mitochondria and the gut, Hur 600–609