conclusions our study showed that arm is a useful approach in determining which combinations of variables or predictors occur together frequently, in people who will develop diabetes. the arm focuses on joint exposure to different combinations of risk factors, and not the predictors alone. background type 2 diabetes, common and serious global health concern, had an estimated worldwide prevalenc...

OBJECTIVE This study compared the prevalence and pattern of use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in individuals with and without diabetes and identified factors associated with CAM use. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a nationally representative sample of the U.S. noninstitutionalized civilian population, was analyzed. Estimates of CAM use...

Background: Palliative care and advance planning are important components of diabetes other chronic disease management plans. Most people with do not have conversations about palliative/end life (EOL) or directives; often because clinicians reluctant to discuss these issues. Guidelines for decision aids can assist shared decision-making both patients. The aim was co-design information older dia...

Chronic renal failure patients receiving haemodialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis often encounter inflammation troubles during long-period treatment. Patients with type 2 diabetes induce different degree chronic renal failure and represent low quality of life. Type 2 diabetes may be one of the most important arch-criminal factors that aggravate syndrome and renal insufficienc...

Diabetes is a chronic disorder, which manifests when insulin levels or resistance to insulin action becomes insufficient to control systemic glucose levels. Although the number of available agents to manage diabetes continues to expand rapidly, the maintenance of euglycemia by individuals with diabetes remains a substantial challenge. Unfortunately, many patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes...

PURPOSE Chronic low-grade inflammation may induce chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes. This study investigated the relation between inflammatory biomarkers and chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes, which has not yet been reported in Asian populations. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed in 543 patients recruited from diabetic clin...

BACKGROUND Chronic pain has been estimated to affect 60% of patients with diabetes and is strongly associated with reduced activity tolerance. We systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that explored interventions to improve physical activity among patients with diabetes to establish whether co-morbid chronic pain was captured at baseline or explored as an effect modifier an...

Objective To evaluate the association of glycemic control and cytokine production in type 2 diabetic subjects with chronic periodontitis. Methods Gingival biopsies were performed in 40 patients, divided into four groups: systemically healthy subjects without periodontal disease (S); systemically healthy patients with chronic periodontitis (P); patients with well-controlled type 2 diabetes melli...

ObjectiveTo examine the screening rates for kidney damage and function among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) chronic disease stage at diagnosis using a US administrative claims database.Patients MethodsThis cohort study used database enriched laboratory results data. Patients T2D (defined as 1 inpatient or outpatient diabetes), aged 18 years older, least year of follow-up enrollment were id...