BACKGROUND In type II diabetic patients, a better glycaemic control has been reported to slow down the progression of nephropathy. The effect of pre-dialysis glycaemic control on the long term prognosis in type II diabetics on haemodialysis is still uncertain. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of glycaemic control before starting maintenance haemodialysis on the clinical outco...

Hyperglycaemia is an indicator of poor clinical outcome and mortality in patients with or without a history of diabetes in hospitalised patients in non-critical care condition. A consensus guideline has been developed by a panel of experts based on existing guidelines with specific attention to Indian clinical practice on the management of hyperglycaemia in patients admitted to non-critical car...

Background: Glycaemic control in the elderly diabetic patient is highly individualized and achieving desired targets presence of comorbid conditions could be very challenging. This study was conducted to assess glycemic diabetics identify associated factors at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). Methods: A hospital-based, cross-sectional descriptive involving 199 randomly selected patien...

BACKGROUND Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus is a rapidly growing problem in Tanzania. Children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes have previously been found to have poor glycaemic control and high prevalence of complications. Strict glycaemic control reduces the incidence and progression of chronic complications. The aim of this study was to identify the factors associated with glycaemic control amon...

BACKGROUND Diabetes has been shown to be independent predictor of restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The aim of the present study was to investigate whether a pre- and post-procedural glycaemic control in diabetic patients was related to major advance cardiovascular events (MACE) during follow up. METHODS We evaluated 2884 consecutive patients including 2181 non-diabet...

AIM To appraise the Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire (DSMQ)'s measurement of diabetes self-management as a statistical predictor of glycaemic control relative to the widely used SDSCA. METHODS 248 patients with type 1 diabetes and 182 patients with type 2 diabetes were cross-sectionally assessed using the two self-report measures of diabetes self-management DSMQ and SDSCA; the scales we...

Cereal products exhibit a wide range of glycaemic indexes (GI), but the interaction of their different nutrients and starch digestibility on blood glucose response is not well known. The objective of this analysis was to evaluate how cereal product characteristics can contribute to GI and insulinaemic index and to the parameters describing glycaemic or insulinaemic responses (incremental AUC, m...

The aim of this study was to compare the glycaemic index of breads produced using different rising methods and leavening agents. Eleven bread varieties were selected based on method of production, and divided between three groups of ten participants (mean +/- SD age 30.0 +/- 10.7 years and BMI 22.9 +/- 2.8). Standard glycaemic index testing protocol was implemented after an overnight fast, usin...

Johnathan Pearson-Stuttard and colleagues’ Review assessed the eff ect of glycaemic control on infection rates in people with diabetes, concluding that poor control is associated with increased infection rates. The investigators emphasised the paucity of studies specifi cally analysing the eff ect of glycaemic control on infection rates in elderly people (age >70 years). This point is particula...