background and aims: dyslipidemia is one of the major factors implicated in the development of the vascular complications of diabetes. in this study, it was evaluated the association between serum lipids profile and hemoglobin a1c (hba1c) in type 2 diabetes mellitus. methods: in this cross-sectional study, the serum lipid profile and hba1c was studied on 562 iranian patients who were older than...

objectives in this context, the current study aimed to assess the impact of diabetes education to improve knowledge on and attitudes towards diabetes and self-care activities in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm). methods the pretest-posttest study recruited 500 newly-diagnosed patients with t2dm by convenience method from 19 healthcare centers of badas. they received a one-hour diab...

background : animal studies have shown antioxidant effects of royal jelly (rj) and its effect on insulin resistance as the most common complication of type 2 diabetes. this study was conducted to determine the effect of rj intake on serum total antioxidant capacity, malondialdehyde and insulin resistance in t2dm. methods : in this randomized controlled trial, forty-six type 2 diabetic patients,...

abstract       background and objectives: diabetes induced oxidative stress plays an important role in pathological damage to the heart and liver by increased production of extracellular matrix. it is thought that the use of medicinal plants, particularly portulaca oleracea. l and regular exercise are effective. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of portulaca oleracea. l consumpt...

conclusions no association was found between tfam promoter methylation and mes. the present study suggests that the tfam promoter methylation is not associated with risk of mes. objectives the aim of study was to investigate the possible association between promoter methylation of mitochondrial transcription factor a (tfam) and mes. patients and methods dna was extracted from peripheral blood o...

conclusions in general, our study suggests that the association between lep/lepr and ghrl/ghsr with overweight/obesity and the related metabolic disturbances is inconclusive. these results may be due to unidentified gene-environment interactions. more investigations are needed to further clarify this association. results the most prevalent leptin/leptin receptor genes (lep/lepr) and ghrelin/ghr...

objective: diabetes mellitus and thyroid disease are the two common endocrinopathies seen in adult population. studies to evaluate thyroid disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes are lacking. the aim of this study was to compare prevalence of thyroid dysfunction and autoim-munity in type 2 diabetic patients with age and sex matched non-diabetic control group. material and methods: among pati...

diabetic retinopathy is a common complication of type ii diabetes mellitus and carries with it the threat of blindness. accurate information regarding the incidence of diabetic retinopathy and associated risk factors is important in the prevention of its development and of the visual impairment caused by this complication. this study was designed to determine the prevalence of diabetic retinopa...

Objective: Sexual dysfunction is considered as an important health problems. Chronic diseases such as diabetes can have negative effect on sexual function. This study aims to determine the level of sexual dysfunction in male patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 in Yazd Diabetics Research Center. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study involved 69 male patients with type 2 diabetes mell...