... are poorly understood. We conducted this study to investigate the hypothesis that self-efficacy and self-management mediate the influence of depression on poor glycemic control. Methods: We studied a purposive sample of 142 adults with type 2 diabetes attending a public clinic in Ilam, Iran. Hierarchical...

... economic costs of diabetes exceed USD 132 billion a year. Diabetes accounts for 1 of every 10th USD spent on health care in the United States, and an estimated 48 million Americans may develop diabetes by 2050. However, it is estimated that in 90% of the patients with type 2 diabetes the disease could...

...Augusta Chinyere Nsonwu-Anyanwu; Magnus Chinonye Nsonwu; Chinyere Adanna Opara Usoro Background: Metabolic complications of type 2 diabetes (T2DM), including dyslipidemia, electrolyte imbalance, and oxidative stress, have been shown to be modulated by hypoglycemic agents. Objective: The lipid...

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... body weight/day for three months has no impact on the cardiovascular disease risk factors studied in the overall population herein except for cholesterol in female type 2 diabetics consuming flaxseed oil. However, in certain apo E genotypes there was a greater sensitivity to change in lipid parameters...

...Adamu G. Bakari Abnormal pancreatic beta cell function is known to occur in type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, direct measurement of pancreatic beta cell function is cumbersome and virtually out of reach of most laboratories in developing countries. Fortunately, insulinogenic indices may be used...

...Ali A. Rizvi We determined the efficacy of basal-bolus insulin therapy delivered through team education and nutrition counseling for management of type 2 diabetes in 17 patients treated with a regimen of once-daily insulin glargine and either insulin aspart or lispro three times a day...

...Douglas E. Barre; Kazimiera A. Mizier-Barre; Odette Griscti; Kevin Hafez Cape Breton Island has among the highest levels of type 2 diabetes in Canada and therefore the risk of associated coronary atherosclerosis-induced myocardial infarction is also very high. Fasting blood serum lipid...

...Ying-Li Liao; Su-Ching Lin; Chung-Hua Hsu Insulin resistance is an important pathogenic factor in type 2 diabetes patents. An easy and efficiency measurement predicting insulin resistance; which can be done easily by type 2 patients is desired. The aim of this study is to examine whether waist...

...E. Cummings; S. Castang; R. Persaud; R. Seepersaud; H. Seepersaud; V. Raja; A. Defreitas; E. Adeghate; J. Singh Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a major health problem in Guyana especially among women. This study evaluated the effects of lifestyle habits on blood glucose control...

...Habiba S. Al Safar; Sarra E. Jamieson; Heather J. Cordell; Jenefer M. Blackwell; Guan K. Tay The prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is steadily increasing, posing a major public health problem. This study assessed the value of specific clinical markers...

... molecular approaches have revolutionized and broadened our molecular insight regarding the role of leptin in different diseases. The present study was designed to explore and substantiate the role of leptin in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes in hepatitis C infected patients. Serum leptin levels...

...Douglas E. Barre; Odette Griscti; Kevin Hafez; Kazimiera A. Mizier-Barre It was hypothesized that there would be gender differences in low density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation in response to a CuSO4 challenge in the study population of well-controlled (HbA1c < 8 %) Caucasian type 2 diabetics...

... was found to be a better marker for evaluating short term glycaemic status among diabetic patients with different degree of renal impairment prior to ESRD. diabetic nephropathy type 2 diabetes India Glycated albumin Int J Diabetes & Metabolism (2009) 17:77- 80 Levels of glycated albumin...

...Carol D. Rodgers; Pam E. Burch; Jaci L. VanHeest; K. Suzuki; Chantal T. Bussiere; Rachel A. Schemmel Legumes have been shown to protect against the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Previous work has focused on the impact of legumes on the glycemic index with little attention given to other...

...G.C. Onyemelukwe; S.S. Wokoma; A.E. Ohwovoriole; A.G. Bakari An open label study was conducted to asses the efficacy and safety of rosiglitazone when administered concurrently with sulphonylurea compounds. Sixty-three type 2 diabetic patients were enrolled in the study in three different centres...

...Douglas E. Barre; Kazimiera A. Mizier-Barre; Odette Griscti; Kevin Hafez Diet and anthropometic measures are important indicators of risk of various complications in type 2 diabetics. The purpose was to assess the hypothesis that there would be gender differences in anthropometric measures...

...Chung-Hua Hsu; Su-Ching Lin; Kung-Chang Hwang; Pesus Chou; Ying-Li Liao We hypothesized that there would be strong association between insulin level and leptin level, and attempted to examine factors affecting plasma leptin level among the homogeneous Type 2 diabetes subjects. The study...

... training (PRT) and Aerobic exercise (AE) on glycemic control, blood pressure, heart rate, muscle strength and control of type 2 diabetics. Materials and Methods: A total of 30 type 2 diabetics, 14 females and 16 males, aged between 40-70 years, were randomly assigned to the 16 weeks supervised PRT (n=10...

...Hasniza Zaman Huri; Grace Tan Poh Lian; Samsinah Hussain; Rokiah Pendek; Riyanto Teguh Widodo This survey studied the different types of Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) usage, the reasons of CAM usage and the out-of-pocket expenditure incurred by CAM users with Type 2 diabetes. Methods...