Objective: To assess maternal and fetal outcomes in Jordanian women with known Diabetes Mellitus or Gestational Diabetes. Methods: A retrospective medical record review was conducted on 234 pregnant women who were followed at the National Center for Diabetes Endocrinology and Genetics and Gynecological Department in Jordan University Hospital between 2004 and 2009. A total of 148 subjects had G...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major public health problem. Objective of current study was to know the demography, clinical characteristics and etiology of youth Diabetes mellitus (DM) in Kashmir, North India. METHODS: A prospective hospital based study, carried out in the Department of Endocrinology, SKIMS Srinagar, Kashmir India over the period from 2008 July - September 2010. Setting: A teachin...

PURPOSE To determine the risk factors for and relationship between diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic nephropathy (DN), including microalbuminuria and overt nephropathy, in a population-based study of diabetes mellitus (DM) patients in Korea. METHODS This was a population-based, cross-sectional study. From the fifth (2011, 2012) Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHA...

Advances in the management of transfusion dependent thalassemic patients have improved the survival of these patients. The most important consequence of repeated and frequent transfusions is iron accumulation in vital organs. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive and valid technique for the estimation of iron stores. Despite multiple studies about cardiac and liver MRI T2*, the...

BACKGROUND Despite the recommendations to continue the regime of healthy food and physical activity (PA) postpartum for women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), the scientific evidence reveals that these recommendations may not be complied to. This study compared lifestyle and health status in women whose pregnancy was complicated by GDM with women who had a normal pregnancy and...

diabetes mellitus type ι is a metabolic disorder that affects multiple systems including the inner ear. patients with diabetes mellitus commonly complain about dizziness, floating sensation, tinnitus and sweating. the aim of this study was to compare vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (vemps) between diabetic patients with or without neuropathy. subjects included 14 patients with diabetes me...

Objectives: Eβ-thalassemia, the most serious form of HbE syndromes, may develop pre-diabetes (PD) and diabetes mellitus (DM), together constituting abnormal glucose homeostasis (AGH) as an endocrinopathy. This study aims to assess AGH prevalence pathogenesis in this thalassemia subtype. Material Methods: A cross-sectional was conducted at a tertiary care hospital from February 2017 December 201...

BACKGROUND Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) with chronic kidney disease (CKD) often have no proteinuria. METHODS To compare the characteristics that differ between DM + CKD patients with and without proteinuria, we conducted a cross-sectional study followed by surveillance over a decade for 'hard' cardiovascular, renal and retinal outcomes. Groups were stratified by presence (n = 129) and...

Background:Diabetes has long been associated with maternal and perinatal mobidity and mortality. Infants of diabetic mothers (IDMs) have higher risks for serious problems during pregnancy, delivery and early neonatal period. Abnormal fetal metabolism during pregnancy which is complicated by maternal diabetes mellitus results in multiple neonatal sequelae. Objective: To study the clinical, metab...

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the most important cardiovascular risk factors. Objectives: This study was performed to assess the relationship of diabetes with gender, education, and marital status in an Iranian urban population. Methods: A total of 892 men and women aged 30-85 were recruited using a cluster-stratified sampling method from an urban population. Using a questio...