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...
Puente de Arteria Coronaria/efectos adversos,
Puente de Arteria Coronaria/estadística & datos numéricos,
Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria/sangre,
Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria/cirugía,
Complicaciones de la Diabetes/sangre,
Diabetes Mellitus/sangre,
Hemoglobina Glucada/análisis,
Tiempo de Internación/estadística & datos numéricos,
Complicaciones Posoperatorias,
Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Medición de Riesgo,
Factores de Riesgo,
Arabia Saudita
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...
Biomarcadores/sangre,
Plaquetas/fisiología,
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/sangre,
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/etiología,
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/prevención & control,
Diabetes Mellitus/sangre,
Hipertensión/sangre,
Volúmen Plaquetario Medio/métodos,
Obesidad/sangre,
Recuento de Plaquetas/métodos,
Factores de Riesgo
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...
Antígenos Nucleares,
Glucemia/metabolismo,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Estudios Transversales,
Diabetes Mellitus/sangre,
Diabetes Mellitus/metabolismo,
Diabetes Mellitus/patología,
Hipertensión/metabolismo,
Hipertensión/patología,
Mucosa Bucal/metabolismo,
Mucosa Bucal/patología,
Saliva/metabolismo,
Salivación,
Tasa de Secreción,
Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta1/metabolismo
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...
Bächler, Roberto;
Mujica, Verónica;
Orellana, Carolina;
Cáceres, Diana;
Carrasco, Nancy;
Davidson, Carol;
Jiménez, Ana Luisa;
Luna, Patricia;
Valladares, Evelyn;
Vergara, Alejandra.
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...
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...
Adipoquinas/sangre,
Edad de Inicio,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Colesterol/sangre,
Estudios Transversales,
Dermatomiositis/sangre,
Diabetes Mellitus/sangre,
Hipertensión/sangre,
Síndrome Metabólico/sangre,
Músculo Esquelético/enzimología,
Valores de Referencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Triglicéridos/sangre
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...
Glucemia/análisis,
Distribución de la Grasa Corporal,
Brasil,
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/etiología,
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/fisiopatología,
Colesterol/sangre,
Estudios Transversales,
Diabetes Mellitus/sangre,
Diabetes Mellitus/etiología,
Diabetes Mellitus/fisiopatología,
Hipertensión/sangre,
Hipertensión/etiología,
Modelos Logísticos,
Obesidad Abdominal/complicaciones,
Valores de Referencia,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas
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...
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...
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...
