Abstract Objective: Prevalence of tooth loss is higher among diabetic patients in comparison with non-diabetic patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the relationship between socket blood sugar and post-extraction complications in type II diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 80 diabetic and 80 non-dia...

Reproducibility of 100 gm. oral glucose tolerance test and of Sakaguchi's rice-meal test were studied in sixty untreated mild diabetic patients with fasting blood sugar below 140 mg. per 100 ml. (Hagedorn-Jensen method). The tests were performed twice within a one-week interval. There were considerable variations of blood sugar levels in the same individuals between the duplicate tests. Variati...

Although females of most mosquito species are known to use sugar as a necessary source of energy, female Anopheles gambiae Giles sensu stricto are thought to use it facultatively or not at all. However, field evidence of sugar-free living is inconclusive, and the implications for reproductive fitness and vectorial capacity are unknown. To evaluate the role that sugar may play in the ecology of ...

ba ckground: obesity is a consequence of the excessive accumulation of fat in adipose tissue which can result in significant morbidity and mortality. obesity is a major health problem in iran.  objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the  effects of  epa consumption on bmi  and  fasting blood sugar by fabp2 genotypes and pparα (leu162val, and g/c intron polymorphism) genotypes.   m ...

Background: Taking the drivers' health into account from different perspectives is important. This study aimed to examine how heavy vehicle drivers' blood parameters are related to their road accident risk. Materials & Methods: A descriptive study was conducted among 200 drivers of heavy vehicles. The blood parameters were determined based on the medical records of drivers, as well as data on ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between blood sugar level and obesity, and the interplay of socioeconomic change, and to investigate the efficacy of different obesity indices and age in predicting diabetes. METHODS Cross-sectional study was carried out among 603 adult Tangkhul Nagas of NE India. Anthropometric measurements, random blood sugar level, general and regional obesity indices ...

P. Bose, Diabetes Research Worker, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, who remarks that the method has undergone several modifications in Mie hands of Lewis, Benedict, Meyers, Baily and others, but has never yet obtained universal acceptance. The main objection to this method is that the picric acid reagent employed in fhe test reacts with the creatinin of the blood, and this tends to make th...