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Glycated hemoglobin as a predictor of the length of hospital stay in patients following coronary bypass graft surgery in the saudi population

Abstract Objective: The diabetic population has a high prevalence of coronary artery disease, and frequently patients with diabetes undergo coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Elevated glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in diabetics is shown to be associated with morbidity and mortality, but the assoc...

Platelets volume indexes and cardiovascular risk factors

SUMMARY Obesity, diabetes and hypertension are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) because they promote a state of hypercoagulability. It is known that platelets play an important role in the development of atherosclerosis. Recent studies have evaluated platelet volume indexes (PVIs) in indivi...

Effects of diabetes and hypertension on oral mucosa and tgfβ1 salivary levels

Braz. dent. j; 29 (3), 2018
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate salivary levels of TGFβ1 and proliferation/ maturation of epithelial mucosa cells in diabetic and hypertensive patients. Design: in this cross-sectional study, whole stimulated saliva and oral mucosa exfoliative cytology specimens were collected from...

Glycated albumin: a potential biomarker in diabetes

ABSTRACT Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic and metabolic disease that presents a high global incidence. Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) is the reference test for long-term glucose monitoring, and it exhibits an association with diabetic chronic complications. However, A1C is not recommended in clinical situa...

Eficacia de un programa educativo estructurado en población diabética chilena

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (2), 2017
Background: Structured educative programs have demonstrated their usefulness as a strategy to improve metabolic control in diabetic patients. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of a structured educative program for Chilean diabetic patients. Material and Methods: A randomized clinical trial in diabetic p...

Serum adipocytokine profile and metabolic syndrome in young adult female dermatomyositis patients

Clinics; 71 (12), 2016
OBJECTIVES: To analyse the frequency of metabolic syndrome in young adult female dermatomyositis patients and its possible association with clinical and laboratory dermatomyositis-related features and serum adipocytokines. METHOD: This cross-sectional study included 35 dermatomyositis patients and 48 he...

Association of the conicity index with diabetes and hypertension in Brazilian women

ABSTRACT Objective The goal of this study was evaluate the conicity index (C index) in women and its association with hypertension (SAH) and diabetes mellitus (DM). Subjects and methods This was a cross-sectional study, with 573 women between 20 and 59 years of age. After analysis of clinical and dem...

Desenvolvimento de pele humana reconstruída contendo equivalente dérmico glicado na avaliação da eficácia e toxicidade de compostos anti-glicação

A glicação não enzimática das proteínas é um fator comum para a fisiopatologia de uma série de transtornos relacionados ao envelhecimento e a doenças como o diabetes mellitus (DM). O geração dos produtos de glicação, os AGEs (do inglês: Advanced Glycation End Products) se dá através de rea...

Inflamacion subclinica en diabetes tipo 1 infanto-juvenil

En ninos y adolescentes con diabetes tipo 1 (DT1) puede aparecer precozmente un estado de inflamacion subclinica. El objetivo del trabajo fue determinar los niveles plasmaticos de moleculas proinflamatorias en una poblacion infanto-juvenil con DT1, sin evidencias clinicas de complicaciones vasculares y c...

Achados epidemiológicos e alterações oftalmológicas em diabéticos atendidos em hospital geral secundário

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 73 (3), 2014
Objetivo: Avaliar a associação entre alterações no exame oftalmológico, características epidemiológicas e controle metabólico em pacientes diabéticos. Métodos: Estudo transversal. Foram selecionados consecutivamante os diabéticos atendidos durante 2011 em um hospital secundário. Todos os paci...