background: since type-2 diabetes is the most common chronic disease among iranian female adolescents, we applied theory of planned behavior to examine the effect of training to intention to preventative nutritional behaviors for type-2 diabetes among female adolescents.   methods: in this experimental study 200 (11-14 year old) girls from 8 schools of tehran city (100 in each intervention and ...

background: considerable evidence suggests that oxidative stress affects diabetes mellitus (dm) and contributes to its complications. vitamin d has been shown to possess antioxidant properties. the aim of this study was to determine the association between serum levels of calcifediol (25-oh-d), an indicator of vitamin d status, and lipid profiles with oxidative stress in patients with type 2 di...

conclusions identifying the needs of children and adolescents with dm-1 in terms of self-care and education may help them to have better performance in management, control, and prevention of dm complications. results the items were quantified on a five-point likert scale. with regard to nutrition, 36.4% of children and 40.9% of adolescents had moderate performance. moreover, 56.3% of children a...

background: metabolic derangements in type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) are likely to affect skeletal muscle contractile functions adversely. levo-carnitine improves muscle contractile functions in healthy humans and rats and corrects metabolic derangements in t2dm. therefore, it is likely to improve muscle contractile functions in t2dm as well. this study was designed to determine the effect of ...

background: in this study the overall, age and sex prevalence of diabetes mellitus and high blood pressure were calculated and the association among some risk factors and these two diseases, occurring simultaneously, were studied. methods: in this cross-sectional study 3000 isfahanian men and women between the ages of 15-64 were investigated by using stratified sampling method with multi-stage ...

antibodies directed against the enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase (gad) are believed to be the main cause of destruction of pancreatic islet cells in type i (insulin dependent) diabetes mellitus. the enzyme was found both in the brain and pancreatic beta cells. although similarities in identity of gad in human and rat brain have been demonstrated, little is known about the interaction between ...

conclusions this study provides evidence indicating high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in children with t1dm in southern iran. preventive programs aimed towards decreasing the risk factors of metabolic syndrome and interpretation of a healthier diet and physical activity for children with t1dm should be considered in our country. results in this study, 87 children with diabetes (48 females a...

objective: to determine the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) in type 2 diabetic patients and to assess its possible risk factors. materials and methods: two hundred and seventy two (186 females and 86 males) diabetic patients were studied. liver ultrasound was performed along with the measurement of such labratoary tests as alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, al...

objective: this study was performed to compare the effectiveness of two methods of follow-up: short message service (sms) versus telephone call on glycosylated hemoglobin (hba1c) in type 2 diabetes. material and methods: this semi-experimental study consisted of 77 patients with type 2 diabetes who were randomly assigned into two groups: telephone follow-up (n = 39) and short message service (n...