AIMS To evaluate the potential association of anemia with micro- and macrovascular complications in Chinese patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS A total of 1997 patients with T2DM were included in this cross-sectional study. Patients were defined as anemic, if hemoglobin (Hb) levels were < 13 g/dL in males and < 12 g/dL in females. Data on demographics, anthropometric paramet...

BACKGROUND Increased renal arterial resistance is associated with various types of chronic renal parenchymal diseases. A resistance index (RI) > 0.8 predicts deterioration in renal function in diabetic subjects. However, the association between renal RI and other diabetic complications has not been investigated. In this study, we examined the association between intrarenal arterial RI and diabe...

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an important complementary strategy for treating diabetes mellitus (DM) in China. Traditional Chinese blood circulation activating drugs are intended to guide an overall approach to the prevention and treatment of microvascular complications of DM. The core mechanism is related to the protection of the vascular endothelium and the basement membrane. Here, w...

Current guidelines for treating patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are based on glycemic standards derived from epidemiologic data; however, the course of the disease, from prediabetes to end-stage complications, is not the same in all patients. Microvascular complications, including nephropathy, retinopathy, and neuropathy, are strongly related to hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). However, vascular ...

The study was aimed at assessing the prevalence of microvascular complications and associated risk factors in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a public tertiary care hospital. All the recruited patients underwent extensive examination for the presence of microvascular complications like neuropathy, retinopathy, and nephropathy. Prevalen...

BACKGROUND A higher resting heart rate is associated with an increased probability of cardiovascular complications and premature death in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The impact of heart rate on the risk of developing microvascular complications, such as diabetic retinopathy and nephropathy, is, however, unknown. The present study tests the hypothesis that a higher resting heart rate...

OBJECTIVE Low levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] are commonly found in type 2 diabetes. We examined whether there is an association between circulating 25(OH)D concentrations and the presence of microvascular complications in people with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We studied 715 outpatients with type 2 diabetes who regularly attended our clinic. Participants were ...

Aim. To characterize the plasma levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) and its relation to both present and historical metabolic control and microvascular complications. Methods. Plasma levels of VEGF and routine clinical parameters were analyzed in 115 patients with long-standing T1D and 45 healthy controls (HC). All patients were under clinical r...