background: the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of glucocorticoid-induced diabetes mellitus (gidm) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) under glucocorticoid therapy. methods: patients with sle who had received high-dose glucocorticoid therapy (prednisolone≥1 mg/kg/day) at rasoul akram and firoozgar hospitals were recruited during 2006-20...

background: coronary disease is the most common cause of death in the world. because of common risk factors, atherosclerotic stenosis of coronary and carotid arteries occurs together. this study evaluated the prevalence of carotid stenosis in diabetic candidates for angiography methods: in a cross-sectional study, 152 diabetic candidates for angiography referred to cardiology clinic of shariati...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of causes, risk, and control with regard to diabetes and the role of family history among people at increased risk for type 2 diabetes. METHODS Semistructured interviews were conducted among people aged 57 to 72 years with (n = 9) and without (n = 12) a family history of diabetes. RESULTS Participants mentioned different caus...

abstract background and purpose: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is the most common metabolic disorder in pregnancy. it was known one of the complications of this period. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between some risk factors with gdm in pregnant women in zahedan, iran. materials and methods: in a descriptive-analytical study, 70 pregnant women with gdm and 140 ...

Background: Diabetes and hypertension are important non-communicable diseases and their prevalence is important for health authorities. The aim of this study was to determine the predictive precision of the bivariate Logistic Regression (LR) and Artificial Neutral Network (ANN) in concurrent diagnosis of diabetes and hypertension. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed with 12000 ...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION This cohort study of middle-aged Japanese participants investigated the relationship between family history of diabetes, the incident risk of type 2 diabetes and the interaction of these variables with other factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Study participants were 3,517 employees (2,037 men and 1,480 women) of a metal products factory in Japan. Baseline health examinations inc...

OBJECTIVES To determine if Jamaican women of African descent with a family history of early onset autosomal dominant type 2 diabetes have greater odds of developing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) than those without a family history of the disease. METHODS A comparative study was conducted of two groups of pregnant Jamaican women: the first with a family history of early onset autosomal d...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether parental family history of diabetes influences cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We studied 1,294 type 2 diabetic patients (mean age 64.1 years, 51.2% female) recruited to a community-based cohort study from 1993 to 1996 and followed until mid-2006. A data linkage system assessed all-cause and cardiac mortality, incident m...