Background: Diabetes is one of the major health issues worldwide and a challenge for health care providers. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the status of psychological adjustment and associated factors in patients with type 2 diabetes in Zanjan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on 350 patients with type 2 diabete...

objective: vitamin d deficiency is a common disorder worldwide and is indicated by low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin d levels. recent studies have suggested an association of 25-hydroxyvitamin d deficiency with diabetes mellitus. the objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin d concentration and type 2 diabetes in south indian patients. materials and methods:...

background: the prevalence of prediabetes in the world continues to increase. these patients have elevated the risk of atherosclerosis. the current study was designed to assess the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (pad) and its related risk factors in prediabetes patients. methods: this was the case-control study in which 135 adults in three groups: diabetes, prediabetes, and normal we...

background: stem-cell technology has been advocated as a potentially curative option for treatment of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. in the current study, we aimed to assess the effectiveness of allotransplantation of fetal liver-derived cells for treatment of patients with type 1 diabetes. methods: for the purpose of the current study, 72 patients with recently diagnosed type 1 dm were recru...

Introduction: Neuropathy is a common complication of diabetes that can cause disability in diabetic patients. The aim of this study was to determine of affective factors in the Event Time of Neuropathy in type 2 diabetes using Cox proportional hazards model. Materials and Methods: This study included 371 patients with type II diabetes without neuropathy who were registered at Fereydunshahr diab...

OBJECTIVE To determine variables associated with glycemic and body weight responses when adding exenatide to basal insulin-treated type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Exploratory subgroup analyses based on baseline A1C, disease duration, and BMI of a 30-week study comparing exenatide twice daily to placebo, added to optimized insulin glargine (intent-to-treat analysis: 137 exenatide;...

conclusions the amount and intensity of physical activity during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. as a result, the pregnant iranian females have to be encouraged to do regular daily physical activity during pregnancy, if there is no specific contraindication to it. results females who had low total physical activity according to the pregnancy physical ...

Aim: The aim of this study was to emphasize two different points in our work: 1) The well known importance of (subclinical) postural hypotension and reduced heart rate variability as (early) markers of autonomic neuropathy; 2) and the more controversial influence of diabetic control in their worsening. Methods: Two standard cardiovascular response tests (heart rate variability by respiration an...

BACKGROUND We aimed to investigate the impact of diabetes duration and carotid artery stenosis (CAS) on the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) without clinical cardiovascular disease. METHODS A total of 2006 patients with T2DM, without clinical cardiovascular disease, aged >50 years, and who underwent baseline carotid Dopp...