BACKGROUND The aim of the present research was to evaluate the relationship between Mediterranean dietary quality index (Med-DQI) and dietary phytochemical index (DPI) with metabolic risk factors of cardiovascular disease in candidates for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study on 454 patients aged 35-80 years as candidates of CABG and hospitaliz...

A particular allele of the carnosinase gene (CNDP1) is associated with reduced plasma carnosinase activity and reduced risk for nephropathy in diabetic patients. On the one hand, animal and human data suggest that hyperglycemia increases plasma carnosinase activity. On the other hand, we recently reported lower carnosinase activity levels in elite athletes involved in high-intensity exercise co...

BACKGROUND In 2009, we investigated the conformance of 8 hemoglobin A(1c) (Hb A(1c)) point-of-care (POC) instruments. Since then, instruments have improved and new devices are available on the market. In this second study, we evaluated the performance of DCA Vantage, Afinion, InnovaStar, Quo-Lab, Quo-Test, Cobas B101, and B-analyst Hb A(1c) POC instruments. METHODS Clinical and Laboratory Sta...

The percentage of glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (%GHbA1c) in human whole blood indicates the average plasma glucose concentration over a prolonged period of time and is used to diagnose diabetes. However, detecting GHbA1c in the whole blood using immunoassays has limited detection sensitivity due to its low percentage in total hemoglobin (tHb) and interference from various glycan moieties in the ...

We describe recent changes in the College of American Pathologists Glycohemoglobin (gHb) Survey, made to improve the assessment of interlaboratory variability and the accuracy of results reported. The questionnaire portion of the survey was revised to include an updated list of current methods, and results for survey specimens were grouped according to the component measured (Hb A1, Hb A1c, or ...

Introduction . According to current clinical guidelines for the effective treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) in children and adolescents, regular self-monitoring blood glucose using a meter is an integral part all training long-term follow-up programs. Aim To evaluate metabolic efficiency method glycemia with home glucometer patients DM1. Materials methods The study included 107 DM1 gl...

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the roles diabetes mellitus (DM) on quality life, function knee, and muscle strength in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA).
 Material Method: This single-center, case-control prospectively enrolled outpatients OA visiting a physical therapy rehabilitation clinic. were grouped according presence DM diagnosis. Demographic data, disease du...

METHODS: Data of 462 mother-child pairs of our prospective Programming of Enhanced Adiposity Risk in Childhood – Early Screening (PEACHES) cohort study were analyzed. Of 885 obese and normal-weight pregnancies prospectively enrolled after GDM testing according to the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups criteria, 462 GDM-negative mothers and their offspring were inve...