Cancer is the most frequent cause of death in both developing and developed countries, including Korea. The aim of this study was to present survival rates of Korean cancer patients. Survival analysis was carried out with data collected under the Korea Central Cancer Registry Program, which included all cancer patients diagnosed from January 1, 1997 to December 31, 1997. We have analyzed the ef...

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of and risk factors for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in women with and without diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 636 nonpregnant women with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) who were 18-75 years of age and had no abnormalities of the urinary tract, and 153 women without diabetes who were visiting the eye and trauma outpatient clinic (control subje...

The present cross-sectional study was designed to evaluate the vitamin D status in three groups of women in Bangladesh by using serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (S-25-OHD), alkaline phosphatase (S-ALP), calcium (S-Ca) and phosphate (S-P). Sampling was undertaken at three locations in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Representative subjects of three groups of women aged 18-60 years were studied. Study su...

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...

OBJECTIVES The current study sought to identify macroscopic placental changes associated with clinical conditions in women with or without diabetes and their newborns. METHODS The study population consisted of 62 pregnant women clinically diagnosed with diabetes and 62 healthy women (control group). RESULTS Among the subjects with diabetes, 43 women (69.3%) were diagnosed with gestational d...

weight gain and the rate of caesarean deliveries were lower in type 2 diabetes. Gestational age at birth was significantly higher and the rate of large infants for gestational age lower in infants of women with type 2 diabetes. The rates of perinatal mortality and major congenital malformations were comparable in both groups. First-trimester A1C in type 2 and type 1 diabetic mothers with perina...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES After menopause in women, loss of bone density increases rapidly with estrogen deficiency. Evidence has revealed that this deficiency may be directly correlated with growth hormone (GH) level declining with age. The present study was designed to evaluate the age dependant patterns of GH, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1-1) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein...

Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is a commonly used tool for assessment of autonomic function in diabetic subjects. Nevertheless, the effects of glucose fluctuations on HRV remain to be clarified. In this study we investigated the associations of frequency-domain HRV parameters with current and antecedent interstitial glucose fluctuations in insulin-treated type 2 diabetic women at high ca...

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of subclinical atherosclerosis, evaluated by carotid artery intimamedia thickness (CIMT) in subjects with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes. Methods: A total of 167 subjects, 50 newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic subjects and 117 non-diabetic subjects were included in the study. Obese and overweight newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic p...