background leptin, a protein released from adipose tissue, could have significant role in pathogenesis of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. conclusions it is speculated that lower serum leptin levels in diabetic patients may be a consequence of male gender. moreover, results suggest that serum leptin level in women is influenced differently than that in men. results the serum leptin level i...

background: in this study, we evaluated the quality of care and control of cardiovascular risk factors in newly diagnosed diabetic patients, identified during diabetes screening program, 1 year after diagnosis. methods: in this prospective study, 83 newly diagnosed diabetic patients identified at screening in isfahan, were studied. height, weight, blood pressure, plasma glucose, lipids, and hem...

background: the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of the sensory neuropathy in type 2 diabetic patients referring to yazd diabetes research center. neuropathy is one of the most common complications of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes melli-tus. material and methods: this is a cross-sectional study on 2350 diabetic patients (1071 male, 1279 female) referred to ya...

abstract objective: in health economics, one of the important methods of economic evaluation is cost-effectiveness analysis. the usual procedure in this method is to consider effectiveness of disability-adjusted life years (dalys) as a measure criterion. material and methods: this was a cross sectional study of economic assessment type or cost-effectiveness. all over 30 years old population of ...

background the goal of diabetes control should be feasible in order to minimize the risk of its adverse events and to reduce its burden and cost on patients. the current study aimed to assess the status of glycemic control in male and female patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) in kerman, iran.   methods in the present study, 500 t2dm (300 women and 200 men) from the kerman coronary ar...

background: type 2 diabetes is an important risk factor for cognitive decline in diabetic patients. the main goal of this study was the assessment of memory, attention and visuospatial ability dysfunctions in patients with type 2 diabetes in comparison to pre-diabetic patients and normal subjects in endocrine and metabolism center of isfahan city from april 2011 to july 2011. methods: the sampl...

background: diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in which antioxidant capacity changes. omega‑3 fatty acids have extensive biological effects including their advantage on lipoprotein metabolism, platelet function, cytokine production, clotting, fibrinolysis, and inflammatory factors. this study aimed to investigate the effect of omega‑3 fatty acid supplements on antioxidant capac...

it has been also reported that that h. pylori infection may be responsible for some endocrine disorders, such as autoimmune thyroid diseases, diabetes mellitus and primary hyperparathyroidism. h. pylori which express cytotoxin-associated gene a (caga) may be more virulent than those that do not. the aim was to evaluate the seroprevalence of anti-h. pylori igg and anti-caga  antibodies in patien...

background: economic evaluation includes evaluation of costs and benefits of screening. one of the economic evaluation methods is cost-effectiveness analysis. the aim of this study was cost-effectiveness analysis of type 2 diabetes screening in shiraz, iran.   methods: the target population of this cross-sectional study consisted of all shiraz population over 30 years old. a total of 171067 per...

results the prevalence of micro and macroalbuminuria was 17.2% and 17.6%, respectively. microalbuminuria was significantly associated with longer diabetes duration, increased fasting plasma glucose, and diastolic blood pressure. it was also found that higher plasma glucose and bun (blood urea nitrogen) were risk factors for macroalbuminuria. conclusions prevalence of both micro- and macroalbumi...