Diabetes News

The severity of subsequent hypophosphataemia can be predicted by the degree of metabolic acidosis on presentation. As profound hypophosphataemia can be associated with serious complications, clinicians should recognise the likelihood of this biochemical derangement in those DKA patients presenting with profound acidosis (Internal Medicine Journal)

This study identifies branched-chain and aromatic amino acids as novel markers of CVD development and as an early link between diabetes and CVD susceptibility (European Heart Journal)

The results show the importance of partners’ support and social-cognitive variables, regarding self-monitoring of blood glucose, on patients’ adherence(European Diabetes Nursing)

The development of SH was independently associated with duration of diabetes and presence of macroalbuminuria, even with normal renal function in patients with type 2 diabetes (Diabetes Care)

Desire to blend in may support glucose monitoring adherence and desire to impress others may impede this behavior in adolescents with T1D. Other dimensions of social context were not linked to checking glucose in this study (Journal of Adolescent Heath)

The findings showed that the designed questionnaire was a valid and reliable instrument for measuring social support for self-care in middle-aged patients with type II diabetes. It is an easy to use questionnaire and contains the most significant diabetes related behaviors that need continuous support for self-care (BMC Public Health)

The RNA oxidation marker 8-oxoGuo is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with established and treated type 2 diabetes, and changes in 8-oxoGuo during the first 6 years after diagnosis are associated with mortality (Diabetes Care)

Our study shows that digestible carbohydrate intake is not associated with diabetes risk and suggests that diabetes risk with high-GI and -GL diets may be more modest than initial studies suggested. (Journal of the Nutrition)

In patients with Type 2 diabetes, the risk of progression of nephropathy increases significantly with HbA1c variability, independently of the influence of updated mean HbA1c (Diabetic Medicine)

Osteopenia and osteoporosis is more common in diabetic postmenopausal women compare to the non-diabetic postmenopausal women (Journal of Research in Medical Sciences)

There was a significant relationship between CAC score, albuminuria and inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes. LnCAC score together with LnAlbuminuria and uric acid were identified as independent predictors of cardiovascular events in these patients (Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice)

Liver IR index correlated more strongly than Matsuda ISI with levels of total cholesterol, CRP and triglycerides. Therefore, liver IR might be a significant indicator of CVD risk amongst men (Journal of Internal Medicine)

SMBG is beneficial for glycemic control and palm blood sampling is a useful procedure for OHA-treated T2D (Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews)

Elevated blood HbA1c levels lead to an overestimation of SaO2 by SpO2, suggesting that arterial blood gas analysis may be needed for type 2 diabetic patients with poor glycemic control during the treatment of hypoxemia (Cardiovascular Diabetology)

Continuous glucose monitoring was associated with decreased HbA1c levels and time spent in hypoglycaemia in individuals with type 1 diabetes using CSII. More frequent self-adjustments of insulin therapy may have contributed to these effects (Diabetologia)

NIH-supported findings diverge from previous studies showing that blood sugar control benefits adults (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

The new fully-automated assay measures glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), the recommended test to monitor diabetic patients in the laboratory (Abbott)

This study shows a significantly higher risk of abnormal MPI and CAD in diabetic patients with suboptimal and poor long-term glycemic control, further emphasizing the need for aggressive risk factor modification to minimize vascular complications from DM (Clinical Cardiology)

Review of the literature and implementation for practical use … Efficacy of CGM systems is now proven but indications, terms of use and educational issues of this new technology still need to be specified (Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice)

This prospective study showed that persons with lower HbA1c had better survival than those with higher HbA1c. The association was linear and independent of disease duration, type of medication use, and presence of co-morbidities. Any improvement of HbA1c appears to be associated with reduced mortality risk (PLoS ONE)