AIM To describe the relation between pulse rate and incident diabetic retinopathy. METHODS Population based cohort study of people with diabetes. Resting pulse rate was measured in 30 second intervals. Diabetic retinopathy was evaluated from masked gradings of fundus photographs. RESULTS People with higher pulse rates were more likely to have 4 year progression of retinopathy, progression t...

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common retinal complication associated with diabetes. It is a major cause of blindness in middle as well as older age groups. Therefore early detection through regular screening and timely intervention will be highly beneficial in effectively controlling the progress of the disease. Since the ratio of people afflicted with the disease to the number of eye speciali...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is known as one of the factors that increases the risk of tuberculosis (TB). TB can also show atypical clinical presentation and localization in diabetics. The aim of the study was to evaluate the features of TB in diabetics in our region. Between 1997 and 2003, all cases of diabetic TB patients and an equal number of non-diabetics treated and followed at the Esrefpasa Tu...

In any diabetic retinopathy screening program, about two-thirds of patients have no retinopathy. However, on average, it takes a human expert about one and a half times longer to decide an image is normal than to recognize an abnormal case with obvious features. In this work, we present an automated system for filtering out normal cases to facilitate a more effective use of grading time. The ke...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to determine the percentage of individuals with neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers receiving good wound care who heal within a defined period of time. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a systematic review of the control groups of clinical trials that evaluated a treatment for diabetic neuropathic foot ulcers. The meta-analytic techniques used include an...

Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in the western working age population and microaneurysms are one of the first pathologies associated with diabetic retinopathy. We have developed a prototype microaneurysm detection system for non-mydriatic colour fundus images. Candidate microaneurysms are located by a standard method that enhances small round features after background int...

BACKGROUND Diabetes represents one of the biggest public health challenges facing the UK. It is also associated with increasing costs to the economy due to working days lost as people with diabetes have a sickness absence rate 2-3 times greater than the general population. Workplaces have the potential to support or hinder self- management of diabetes but little research has been undertaken to ...

An analysis of blind registration forms was made to determine the commonest causes of blindness in the west of Scotland. It was found that the leading causes of blindness in order of frequency of incidence were senile macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataract, diabetic retinopathy, and myopic degeneration. Diabetic retinopathy was the leading cause of blindness among persons of working age.

Resistin and visfatin have been proposed as playing a role in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance. We assessed the relationship between their serum concentrations and insulin resistance in lean, obese diabetic and obese non-diabetic. We explore their relationship with inflammatory markers and anthropometric parameters in obese patients. We measured serum resistin, visfatin levels in obese di...

1 Department of Electronics and Communication, CT Institute of Technology & Research, Jalandhar, Punjab, India, 2 Department of Electronics and Communication, CT Institute of Technology Research, Jalandhar, Punjab, India, 3 Department of Computer Applications, CT Institute of Management & Information Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India, 4 Department of Electronics and Communication, CT Institu...