OBJECTIVE Youth with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) from single-parent families have poorer glycemic control; a finding confounded with socioeconomic status (SES). Family density (FD), or youth:adult ratio, may better characterize family risk status. METHODS Structural equation modeling assessed the relation of single-parent status, SES, and FD to parenting stress, diabetes-related conflict, parental ...

BACKGROUND Women of reproductive age are a group of particular concern as diabetes may affect their pregnancy outcome as well as long-term morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to compare the clinical profiles and glycemic control of reproductive and non-reproductive age women with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in primary care settings, and to determine the associated factors of poor glycemic contr...

background: for decades, it was suspected that diabetes contributed to poorer oral health and the increased frequency of periodontitis. more recently it was found that periodontitis could adversely affect glycemic control in diabetics. the aim of this study was to compare periodontal parameters with the metabolic sugar levels of diabetic and non-diabetic individuals. materials and methods: in t...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate racial differences and factors associated with worse glycemic control in well-functioning older individuals with type 2 diabetes. Our hypothesis was that glycemic control would be worse among black than white diabetic individuals but that this association would be explained by differences in severity of diabetes, health status, health care indicators, and social, psycholog...

BACKGROUND Diabetes is a well-known risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) and is increasingly prevalent in low- and middle-income countries, where the burden of TB is high. Glycemic control has the potential to modify the risk of TB. However, there are few studies on the association between glycemic control and TB risk, and the results are inconsistent. METHODS AND FINDINGS We assembled a cohort ...

BACKGROUND Successful control of hyperglycemia has been shown to improve outcomes for diabetes patients in a clinical setting. We assessed the quality of physician-based glycemic management in two general wards, considering the most recent recommendations for glycemic control for noncritically ill patients (<140 mg/dl for premeal glucose). METHODS Quality of glycemic management of 50 patients...

Introduction Diabetes affects nearly 400 million people worldwide and is expected to increase to nearly 600 million people by 2035. Patients with diabetes mellitus are often more susceptible to a host of multi-organ complications that arise as a result of microvascular and macrovascular dysfunction. These complications equate to the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients ...

BACKGROUND Although there is a growing body of evidence showing that patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have poor glycemic control in general, it is not clear whether T2DM patients with pre-existing cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are more or less likely to have good glycemic control than patients without pre-existing CVD. Our aim was to examine the degree of glycemic control among T2D...