OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between cotinine level-confirmed secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure and glycemic parameters and obesity. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We examined a cohort of 6472 adults from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1999-2010. Serum cotinine levels and self-reported data on smoking were used to determine smokin...

background: in recent decades, studies on type 2 diabetes (t2d), have adopted a new approach to the field of a more complete collection of variables related to the lifestyles and diet of people. diet is an important factor in increasing the rate of t2d among individuals. considering the consumption of a high-carbohydrate diet, little attention has been paid to the type of carbohydrates consumed...

Although the dysglycemic effects of systemic glucocorticoid therapy are well known, the effect of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) on carbohydrate metabolism is still a subject of debate. The systemic bioavailability of ICS is claimed to be minimal and the side effects negligible. However, some large retrospective cohort studies showed a definite association between ICS use and incident diabetes o...

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between glycemic control and the periodontal status of an urban population with poor oral hygiene. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Memon Dental Care Centre and Memon Diabetic and Diagnostic Centre, Karachi, from July to December 2010. METHODOLOGY One hundred and forty-one individuals with controlled diabetes and 143 with ...

Glycemic control among critically-ill patients has been a topic of considerable attention for the past 15 years. An initial focus on the potentially deleterious effects of hyperglycemia led to a series of investigations regarding intensive insulin therapy strategies that targeted tight glycemic control. As knowledge accumulated, the pursuit of tight glycemic control among critically-ill patient...

BACKGROUND To examine the risk of prostate cancer and glucose tolerance in a large, racially diverse cohort. METHODS We conducted a cohort study of 47,209 male members of Kaiser Permanente Northern California who had completed at least one Multiphasic Health Checkup (MHC) between 1964 and 1973. The MHC provided information on diabetes, serum glucose 1 h after a 75-g oral glucose challenge tes...

BACKGROUND Work stress is associated with an increased risk of pre-diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, and inflammation, as well as decreased autonomic nervous system function as measured, for example, via heart rate variability. We investigated the extent to which the association between work stress and glycemic status is mediated by vagally-mediated heart rate variability (vmHRV) and/or inflammation. ...