The degree of fasting hyperglycemia in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is dependent on the rate of hepatic glucose production. The basal rate of hepatic glucose production is increased in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and there is a positive correlation between hepatic glucose production and fasting glucose levels. Diminished secretion of insulin, ...

Nonautoimmune ketosis-prone diabetic syndromes are increasingly frequent in nonwhite populations. We have characterized a cohort of patients of sub-Saharan African origin who had ketosis-prone type 2 diabetes (n = 111), type 1 diabetes (n = 21), and type 2 diabetes (n = 88) and were admitted to a hospital for management of uncontrolled diabetes. We compared epidemiological, clinical, and metabo...

background: previous studies have demonstrated that patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (iddm) have a high prevalence of osteopenia.  hypercalciuria has also been well documented in human diabetes and many children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus have short stature.   objective: to investigate the relationship of hypercalciuria and hyperphosphaturia with growth retardatio...

background decision-makers have begun to recognize health-related quality of life (hrqol) as an important and measurable outcome of healthcare interventions; and hrqol data is increasingly being used by policy-makers to prioritize health resources. our objective was to measure hrqol in a group of type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) patients receiving insulin treatment in buenos aires, argentina.   ...