background: type 2 diabetes is an important risk factor for cognitive decline in diabetic patients. the main goal of this study was the assessment of memory, attention and visuospatial ability dysfunctions in patients with type 2 diabetes in comparison to pre-diabetic patients and normal subjects in endocrine and metabolism center of isfahan city from april 2011 to july 2011. methods: the sampl...

background: diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in which antioxidant capacity changes. omega‑3 fatty acids have extensive biological effects including their advantage on lipoprotein metabolism, platelet function, cytokine production, clotting, fibrinolysis, and inflammatory factors. this study aimed to investigate the effect of omega‑3 fatty acid supplements on antioxidant capac...

background: diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease which many factors are involved and is developing considerably worldwide. increasing aging population and obesity in the societies has improved the scale of the type 2 diabetes significantly. the aim of this study was to determine the direct medical costs of outpatient cares of diabetes in iran. methods: active patients of isfahan endocrinology...

it has been also reported that that h. pylori infection may be responsible for some endocrine disorders, such as autoimmune thyroid diseases, diabetes mellitus and primary hyperparathyroidism. h. pylori which express cytotoxin-associated gene a (caga) may be more virulent than those that do not. the aim was to evaluate the seroprevalence of anti-h. pylori igg and anti-caga  antibodies in patien...

background: economic evaluation includes evaluation of costs and benefits of screening. one of the economic evaluation methods is cost-effectiveness analysis. the aim of this study was cost-effectiveness analysis of type 2 diabetes screening in shiraz, iran.   methods: the target population of this cross-sectional study consisted of all shiraz population over 30 years old. a total of 171067 per...

results the prevalence of micro and macroalbuminuria was 17.2% and 17.6%, respectively. microalbuminuria was significantly associated with longer diabetes duration, increased fasting plasma glucose, and diastolic blood pressure. it was also found that higher plasma glucose and bun (blood urea nitrogen) were risk factors for macroalbuminuria. conclusions prevalence of both micro- and macroalbumi...

introduction: depression is one of the most prevalent mental disorders in patients with diabetes, which affects on cooperation in implementation of treatment measures, consequences of therapeutic and diabetes complications. is thought, low self-esteem is endangering balance of mental and emotional person and is caused development of depression. this study was performing with goal of comparison ...

background the altered levels of some essential trace elements and antioxidant minerals have been observed in diabetic patients. objectives the aim of the present study was to compare the concentrations of essential trace elements, copper (cu), zinc (zn), and iron (fe) in the serum of patients who have type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) with those of their non-diabetic first-degree relatives (fdr)...

background and objectives: there is convincing evidence that subjects concomitantly affected by type 2 diabetes (t2d) and metabolic syndrome (mes) are at greater risk for cardiovascular disease (cvd). many metabolic derangements in t2d might be attributed to poor vitamin d status. the purpose of this study was to investigate the associations among vitamin d status, mes and glycemic status in su...