Glycated protein estimation is a diagnostic tool, used for the long term and short term monitoring of the glycemic status of diabetic patients. The present study is designed to compare and correlate modified NBT reduction method for the estimation of Glycated protein (serum fructosamine) with HbAlc estimated on DCA+2000 Analyzer. Glycated protein (serum fructosamine) reduces Nitro Blue Tetrazol...

The cause of the abnormal resistance to ischaemia of peripheral nerve function in diabetes is unknown. Median nerve function was more resistant to ischaemia in diabetic patients than in control subjects. In diabetic patients the degree of resistance to ischaemia correlated closely with HbAlc but not with the coincident blood glucose level, the duration of diabetes, the vibration perception thre...

In the study recently reported by Chiasson et al. (1), it was concluded that miglitol, a pseudomonosaccharide α-glucosidase inhibitor, can be combined effectively with metformin therapy to give significantly greater reductions in HbAlc and postprandial plasma glucose levels than metformin alone in middle-aged patients in whom type 2 diabetes is insufficiently controlled by diet alone. The combi...

Muslim diabetics who fast during Ramadan are at risk of hypoglycaemia, and previous consensus guidelines have highlighted certain risk factors. This prospective cohort study aims to determine the relative risk (RR) of hypoglycaemia during Ramadan fasting compared with a non-fasting period of equivalent length, and to ascertain which risk factors are clinically significant. From the results, Ram...

INTRODUCTION The accumulation of macrophages what happens in atherosclerotic process is associated with increased concentration of fibrinogen and CRP (C-reactive protein), and these two markers of inflammation are considered early signs of atherosclerosis. AIM The aim of the study was to compare levels of inflammatory markers (CRP and fibrinogen) and HbAlc as a parameter of quarterly blood gl...

With each new tool the insurance industry obtains to evaluate both states of health and states of disease, the temptation exists to use it in as many contexts as possible. The initial understanding in the mid-1960’s that diabetic individuals have different percentages of specific hemoglobins has led to the study and refinement of the hemoglobin Alc (HbAlc), which is being used increasingly by c...