background: ramadan fasting for pregnant women with diabetes remains controversial and underreported. the objective of this study was to determine the glycemic control in pregnant diabetic women on insulin who fasted during ramadan. methods: this was a retrospective study carried out over a period of three years including pregnant diabetic women, who were on short-acting, intermediate-acting, o...

Background: Ramadan fasting for pregnant women with diabetes remains controversial and underreported. The objective of this study was to determine the glycemic control in pregnant diabetic women on insulin who fasted during Ramadan. Methods: This was a retrospective study carried out over a period of three years including pregnant diabetic women, who were on short-acting, intermediate-a...

BACKGROUND Ramadan fasting for pregnant women with diabetes remains controversial and underreported. The objective of this study was to determine the glycemic control in pregnant diabetic women on insulin who fasted during Ramadan. METHODS This was a retrospective study carried out over a period of three years including pregnant diabetic women, who were on short-acting, intermediate-acting, o...

PURPOSE To investigate the relationship between distal symmetric peripheral neuropathy and early stages of autonomic bladder dysfunction in type 2 diabetic women. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 137 diabetic women with minimal coexisting confounders of voiding dysfunction followed at a diabetes clinic were subject to the following evaluations: current perception threshold (CPT) tests on myel...

the present study intended to compare two types of aerobic training on serum levels of resistin and insulin resistance in type-2 diabetic women. 24 middle-aged type-2 diabetic women (mean age 41.8±3.45 yr, weight 76.8±3.61 kg, bmi 31.1±1.02 kg/m2, body fat percentage 41.6±1.38 and whr 0.94±0.05) were purposively selected and then randomly assigned to three groups: highly-intensity interval trai...

objective: since bread is the main source of food in iran, we aimed to assess the effect of four types of iranian breads on metabolic and cardiovascular responses before and during 15, 30, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes of consumption in type 2 diabetic patients. materials and methods: ten type 2 diabetic patients (6 women and 4 men) with mean age of 51 ± 9.8 years and mean bmi of 31.9 ± 1.19 kg/m...

OBJECTIVE: Since bread is the main source of food in Iran, we aimed to assess the effect of four types of Iranian breads on metabolic and cardiovascular responses before and during 15, 30, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes of consumption in type 2 diabetic patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ten type 2 diabetic patients (6 women and 4 men) with mean age of 51 ± 9.8 years and mean BMI of 31.9 ± 1.19 kg/...

- to compare colonization of group b streptococcus (gbs) in diabetic and non-diabetic pregnant women. in this prospective study 50 pregnant women with diabetes mellitus (both pregestational and gestational) and 43 pregnant women without diabetes between 33 and 37 weeks' gestation were evaluated. three samples for group b streptococcal culture detection were obtained from each subject in the fol...

OBJECTIVE We have previously shown that hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism is common in middle-aged patients with type 2, but not with type 1, diabetes. We have now investigated the total and free testosterone concentrations in young (aged 18-35 years) type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In this study carried out in a tertiary referral center, serum concentrations of ...