High prevalence of undiagnosed impaired glucose tolerance in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Objectives: Although the risk of diabetes mellitus has been recognised in rheumatoid arthritis, undiagnosed dysglycaemia remained under-reported. The study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of dysglycaemia among patients with ...
Nur ‘Aini Eddy Warman +6 more
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Metabolic profiling of the response to an oral glucose tolerance test detects subtle metabolic changes. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of overweight is increasing globally and has become a serious health problem. Low-grade chronic inflammation in overweight subjects is thought to play an important role in disease development.
Suzan Wopereis +9 more
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Rastreio da Diabetes em Doentes com Doença Macrovascular Coronária: As Novas Guidelines Europeias são um Retrocesso? [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The new European guidelines on diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases propose that the FINnish Diabetes RIsk SCore should be used to evaluate the risk of diabetes mellitus and that diabetes mellitus screening in coronary artery ...
Abreu, PF +6 more
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BackgroundDirect comparisons of the effect of a glycated haemoglobin measurement or an oral glucose tolerance test on the uptake and yield of screening in people of South Asian origin have not been made. We evaluated this in 18 to 60-year-old South Asian
Irene G M van Valkengoed +4 more
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Recessive mutations in the cancer gene Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated (ATM), at a locus previously associated with metformin response, cause dysglycaemia and insulin resistance [PDF]
Aim: To investigate glucose and insulin metabolism in participants with ataxia telangiectasia in the absence of a diagnosis of diabetes. Methods: A standard oral glucose tolerance test was performed in participants with ataxia telangiectasia (n ...
Cremona +14 more
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Is type 2 diabetes really resolved after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy? Glucose variability studied by continuous glucose monitoring [PDF]
The study was carried out on type 2 diabetic obese patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). Patients underwent regular glycemic controls throughout 3 years and all patients were defined cured from diabetes according to conventional ...
CAPOCCIA, DANILA +6 more
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Cardiovascular consequences of diabetes mellitus [PDF]
Diabetes mellitus comprises a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders that have one common feature: abnormally high levels of glucose in the blood.
Baan, C.A. (Caroline)
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Normal Glucose Tolerance with a High 1-Hour Postload Plasma Glucose Level Exhibits Decreased β-Cell Function Similar to Impaired Glucose Tolerance [PDF]
BackgroundSubjects with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) who have a high 1-hour postload plasma glucose level (≥155 mg/dL; NGT 1 hour-high) have been shown to be at higher risk for type 2 diabetes than subjects with NGT 1 hour-low postload plasma glucose ...
Tae Jung Oh +7 more
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Background : With the growing obesity epidemic, subjecting every child with obesity to a 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is impractical. Instead, 30-minute plasma glucose (PG), which reflects the acute phase of insulin secretion, might be a ...
Sarah Wing-yiu Poon +1 more
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Maternal hyperglycemia and the 100-g oral glucose tolerance test
Objectives: To compare the characteristics of pregnant women with hyperglycemia according to the severity of glucose intolerance using the 100-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and to demonstrate the need to manage the condition of women with mild ...
Tae-Chul Park +3 more
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