Increasing evidence suggests that both types of diabetes mellitus (DM) lead to cardiac structural and functional changes. In this study we investigated and compared functional characteristics and underlying subcellular pathological features in rat models of type-1 and type-2 diabetic cardiomyopathy. Type-1 DM was induced by streptozotocin. For type-2 DM, Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) rats were us...

OBJECTIVE So far no studies have been performed in Malaysia to look at association of diabetes mellitus (DM) with blood groups. We studied the association of ABO blood groups with DM type 2. PATIENTS AND METHODOLOGY It was a case control study conducted at Kepala Batas Hospital Batas, Penang, Malaysia in the year 2009, involving 70 patients with DM type 2 and 140 healthy controls. Ethical app...

Background: Autonomic neuropathy and vital organ dysfunctions are the known complications in type 2 diabetes Mellitus (DM). Genetic endowments involving individuals make subtle differences in physiological systems, particularly at the time of sickness. Hence, the presented study was designed to evaluate the vasomotor system in healthy people and type 2 DM cases for determining any functionality...

CONTEXT Data on the incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM) among US youth according to racial/ethnic background and DM type are limited. OBJECTIVE To estimate DM incidence in youth aged younger than 20 years according to race/ethnicity and DM type. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A multiethnic, population-based study (The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study) of 2435 youth with newly diagnosed...

purpose: to determine the correlation between presumed risk factors and diabetic retinopathy (dr) in patients with type ii diabetes mellitus (dm). methods: this descriptive analytical study was performed on medical records of patients with type ii dm referred to a diabetes clinic in birjand valiasr hospital from september 2006 to september 2007. parameters included age, sex, duration of dm, typ...

The use of morpho-metabolic approaches has a great practical importance in evaluation the effectiveness antihyperglycemic therapy clinical trials, particular those related to new classes inhibitors sodiumdependent glucose-2 cotransporter that have ability counteract many diabetic complications and cardiovascular disease. aim study was effect treatment with SLGT2 on morphological metabolic param...

INTRODUCTION Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is frequent in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and is seen in 12-30% of patients with newly diagnosed OSA according to previous studies. Our aim was to determine the referral pattern and prevalence of patients with self-reported type 2 DM in a Danish cohort of patients with newly diagnosed OSA. Furthermore, we compared clinical data related to the sleep...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the frequency of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (Type 2 DM) in siblings of patients with Type 2 DM, and to assess insulin release and insulin sensitivity in siblings with normal glucose tolerance (NGT), compared with NGT spouses of probands without family history of Type 2 DM. DESIGN AND METHODS We evaluated 87 families including 103 Ty...

Women with gestational diabetes mellitus are at increased risk for developing diabetes mellitus (DM), mainly type 2 DM, as well as metabolic syndrome. The presence of subsequent pregnancies increases the risk. In addition, pregnancy in patients with type 1 and type 2 DM also elevates the risk of morbidity and mortality for both mothers and offspring. Thus, all women with pre-existing type 1 or ...