OBJECTIVES To assess whether in people with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes (HbA1c>7.5%) improvement in HbA1c varies by ethnic and social group. DESIGN Prospective 2-year cohort of type 2 diabetes treated in general practice. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS All patients with type 2 diabetes in 100 of the 101 general practices in two London boroughs. The sample consisted of an ethnically diverse ...

Monitoring of the arterial condition promises an advantage in detection of any abnormalities occurred among diabetic patients. In this study, the characteristic of photoplethysmogram (PPG) has been investigated non-invasively to measure the status of arterial stiffness. A total of 101 Type 2 diabetic patients, aged 50 to 70 year were participated in this study. The patients divided into two gro...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the cutoff value of HbA1c for predicting diabetes and prediabetes in a Chinese high risk population aged over 45. METHODS A total of 619 people aged over 45 without diabetes were randomly recruited to complete Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) questionnaire. 208 high-risk individuals (defined by Diabetes Risk Score >=9) had OGTT and HbA1c determined at the same time...

This article forms part of our 'Tests and results' series for 2012, which aims to provide information about common tests that general practitioners order regularly. It considers areas such as indications, what to tell the patient, what the test can and cannot tell you, and interpretation of results.

Glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) is routinely used test to monitor long term glycaemic control in diabetic patients. It is well known that genetic variants and chemically modified derivatives of haemoglobin can profoundly affect the accuracy of HbA1c measurements. The degree of interference depends on the HbA1c assay method, type & quantum of haemoglobin variant present in a given sample. Here,...

Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) measurements are important for monitoring glycemic control in patients with diabetes. The positive impact of point-of-care HbA1c measurements on patient management is described in the literature. The general analytical requirements for HbA1c testing are described. The analytical evaluation of a new point-of-care HbA1c analyzer, suitable for a physician's office, against t...

objectives: diabetes mellitus (dm) is the most common endocrine disease in children. massage therapy can improve glucose metabolism in dm. this study was conducted to determine the effect of swedish massage on the glycohemoglobin (hba1c) in children with dm. methods: this study was an semi-experimental (clinical trial) conducted on thirty-six children, 6-12 years old with (dm), recruited from a...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: diabetes mellitus is one of the most important epidemics of our era. complications of this disease are diverse and include retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy. this study has been designed to evaluate hearing loss patterns in young children suffering from iddm and define risk factors for this complication. ...

AIMS The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between a specific glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) measurement and a pharmaceutical dispensings-based measure of adherence calculated over the 90 days before each HbA1c measure among patients who have newly initiated metformin therapy. METHODS We identified 3109 people with type 2 diabetes who initiated metformin as their first-ever anti...