Global burden of breast cancer and attributable risk factors in 204 countries and territories, from 1990 to 2021: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Rui Sha, Xiang-meng Kong, Xin-yu Li, Ya-bing Wang

“…Risk factors included high body-mass index, alcohol use, tobacco, and high fasting plasma glucose, with variations across SDI regions. …”
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A machine learning model accurately identifies glycogen storage disease Ia patients based on plasma acylcarnitine profiles by Joost Groen, Bas M. de Haan, Ruben J. Overduin, Andrea B. Haijer-Schreuder, Terry GJ Derks, M. Rebecca Heiner-Fokkema

“…Patients often present in the first months of life with fasting hypoketotic hypoglycemia and hepatomegaly. …”
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Effects of apple cider vinegar on glycemic control and insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes: A GRADE-assessed systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of c... by Donya Arjmandfard, Mehrdad Behzadi, Zahra Sohrabi, Mohsen Mohammadi Sartang

“…ACV significantly reduced fasting blood sugar (FBS) (WMD: −21.929 mg/dL, 95% CI: −29.19, −14.67, p < 0.001) and HbA1c (WMD: −1.53, 95% CI: −2.65, −0.41, p = 0.008) and increased insulin (WMD: 2.059 μu/ml, 95% CI: 0.26, 3.86, p = 0.025), while it did not affect hemostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). …”
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Abnormal Obesity Phenotype Is Associated with Reduced eGFR among Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertensive Patients in a Peri-Urban Community in Ghana by Richard K. D. Ephraim, Frederick Ahordzor, Kwame Kumi Asare, Evans Duah, Ibrahim W. Naveh-Fio, Grace Essuman, Justice Afrifa

“…Blood samples were collected to analyze biochemical parameters (fasting blood glucose (FBG), lipid profile, and creatinine). …”
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Distribution and Related Influencing Factors of AMH Level in Family-Planning Women of Childbearing Age: A Cross-Sectional Study from Beijing, China by Song J, Gao S, Zhao L, Tong X

“…The collected blood test results included AMH, fasting blood glucose (FBG), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), creatinine (Cr), and alanine aminotransferase, and hemoglobin levels and platelet count. …”
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Relationship between physical activity during pregnancy and maternal health outcomes: evidence from the MAASTHI cohort study in Bengaluru, India by Yamuna Ana, Floor A. van den Brand, Onno C. P. van Schayck, Giridhara R. Babu

“…We observed that one unit increase in physical activity level was associated with reduced prenatal depressive symptoms (β = −6.36, p < 0.001), fasting (β = 2.06, p = 0.04), and postprandial blood sugar levels (β = −0.99, p = 0.01), respectively. …”
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Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors for Obese Type 2 Diabetes Patients Uncontrolled on Met... by Lu Ding, Bang Sun, Xinhua Xiao

“…Compared with SGLT-2is, treatment with GLP-1RAs achieved significant reduced HbA1c by 0.40% (95% CI: −0.54, −0.25; p<0.00001), fasting blood glucose (FBG) by 0.17 mmol/L (95% CI: −0.31, −0.04; p=0.01), and postprandial blood glucose (PBG) by 0.32 mmol/L (95% CI: −0.49, −0.14; p=0.0003) for obese T2D patients uncontrolled on metformin. …”
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Causal associations of Helicobacter pylori infection and metabolic syndrome: insights from a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Hongwei Wang, Fangying Tian, Caizheng Yang, Xinyu Cui, Yongxia Ding, Ming Zhao, Xueyu Wang, Shanshan Ge

“…Summary statistics for outcome factors (MetS) were obtained from the most comprehensive genome-wide association study (GWAS) currently available (n = 291,107) as well as from the components of MetS: fasting glucose (n = 46,186), hypertension (n = 461,880), serum triglycerides (n = 115,082), waist circumference (n = 21,949), and high-density lipoprotein (n = 400, 754). …”
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Lutein and inflammation: a comprehensive review of its mechanisms of action by Paradentavida Prathyusha, Geetha Viswanathan, Anjilikal Tomy Tomcy, Ponnamparambil P. Binitha, Smitha V. Bava, Edakkadath R. Sindhu

“…Higher concentrations of fasting plasma carotenoids and enhanced skin yellowing after lutein consumption indicate its presence in various regions of the human body, including the skin, breast, brain, and cervix. …”
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The association between serum albumin levels and metabolic syndrome based on the NHANES and two sample Mendelian randomization study by Yile Tang, Yong Fan, Jin Su, Zisen Yang, Zaoling Liu

“…In the reverse MR study, the IVW method showed no significant causal relationship between MetS, hypertension, fasting blood glucose and HDL-C with serum albumin levels. …”
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Correlation of irisin with lipid profile in type 2 diabetes mellitus by Wahengbam Diana Devi, Oinam Prabita Devi, Ursula Khwairakpam, Takhelmayum Paras Singh

“…Aims and Objectives: Our study aimed to estimate the levels of serum irisin, lipid profile, and fasting blood sugar (FBS) in T2DM cases and healthy controls and to find any correlation among them. …”
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Serum Ferritin Levels in Pregnancy and Their Association with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Longitudinal Study by Qin Z, Du Y, Wang Z, Qin X, Wu H, Yu X, Zhao C, Mo L, Huang B

“…SF was positively correlated with MDA and fasting plasma glucose (FPG). Elevated SF levels during early pregnancy were significantly associated with increased GDM risks (OR = 2.024, 95% CI: 1.076 – 3.807). …”
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Comparison of Machine Learning Methods and Conventional Logistic Regressions for Predicting Gestational Diabetes Using Routine Clinical Data: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Yunzhen Ye, Yu Xiong, Qiongjie Zhou, Jiangnan Wu, Xiaotian Li, Xirong Xiao

“…Overall, the GBDT model performed best (AUC 0.74, 95% CI 0.71-0.76) among the machine learning methods, with negligible differences between them. Fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, triglycerides, and BMI strongly contributed to GDM. …”
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Effects of Nutritional Strategies on Glucose Homeostasis in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Shixiao Jin, Liyan Sha, Jianli Dong, Jing Yi, Yang Liu, Zhongxian Guo, Bing Hu

“…Pairwise meta-analysis and network meta-analysis were used to compare and rank the effects of nutritional strategies for the improvement of fasting plasma glucose (FPG), serum insulin, and homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). …”
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Comparison of surgical wound infection and dehiscence following the use of two methods of nylon sutures and skin staples in staples in diabetic mellitus patients undergoing total k... by Haadiyeh Rahbari, Mohammadamin Ahmadi, Mina Amiri Doreh, Samira Mahmoudi, Parvin Ghaemmaghami, Armin Fereidouni

“…However, surgical wound dehiscence revealed a significant correlation with body mass index (BMI) (P-value = 0.044), Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) (P-Value = 0.001), and fasting blood glucose (FBS) (P-Value = 0.012) in diabetic mellitus patients. …”
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Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, Control, and the Associated Factors of Diabetes in an Iranian Kurdish Population by Roya Safari-Faramani, Fatemeh Rajati, Kamran Tavakol, Behrooz Hamzeh, Yahya Pasdar, Mehdi Moradinazar, Farid Najafi

“…Diabetes was defined as a fasting plasma glucose (FPG) of 126 mg/dl or higher, being on diabetes medication, and/or diabetes confirmed by a health practitioner. …”
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Global trends in the burden of ischemic heart disease based on the global burden of disease study 2021: the role of metabolic risk factors by Yifei Wang, Qing Li, Lei Bi, Bin Wang, Tingting Lv, Ping Zhang

“…Key metabolic risk factors evaluated included high systolic blood pressure (SBP), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLc), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), and body mass index (BMI). …”
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Increased serum ferritin is associated with severity of orbital disease in COVID-19–associated rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis: A quantitative analysis by Shashi Tanwar, Nibha Mishra, Prachi Sharma, Apjit Kaur

“…Stage 3 was further divided into four substages: 3a: nasolacrimal duct, medial orbit, vision unaffected (n = 4); 3b: diffuse orbital involvement (>1 quadrant or >2 structures), vision unaffected (n = 15); 3c: central retinal artery occlusion or ophthalmic artery occlusion, superior ophthalmic vein thrombosis, involvement of superior orbital fissure, inferior orbital fissure, orbital apex, diminution or loss of vision (n = 13); 3d: bilateral orbital involvement (n = 5). Fasting blood sugar (FBS), postprandial blood sugar (PPBS), and inflammatory markers (serum ferritin, interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, and D-dimer) were assessed. …”
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Decreased Levels of Insulin-Regulated Aminopeptidase (IRAP) in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study by Osman Köse, Koray Gök, Elif Köse, Sezen Irmak Gözükara, Abdullah Tüten, Mehmet Sühha Bostancı

“…Serum IRAP levels showed significant negative correlations with fasting glucose, insulin, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) levels and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) (r = –0.541, p = 0.001; r = –0.447, p = 0.001; r = –0.584, p = 0.001; r = –0.361, p = 0.001). …”
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Effect of ozone oil and non-surgical periodontal treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes. In-vivo and in-vitro studies with fibroblasts and Candida albicans by Raquel Alves do CARMO, Ana Carolina Organista CÖRNER, Eduardo Ferreira MARTINS, Gabriel OUVERNEY, Julio Cesar THURLER JÚNIOR, Bruno Kaufmann ROBBS, Vinicius D’Avila Bitencourt PASCOAL, Elisa ESPOSITO, Luciane Portas CAPELO, Gabriela Alessandra da Cruz Galhardo CAMARGO

“…The treatments were divided into two groups: control, saline solution (SS) as an adjunctive of scaling and root planing (SRP+SS), and test, Oz as an adjunctive of SRP (SRP+Oz). Hematological [fasting glucose level (FGL) and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)] and microbiological samples were collected from the participants at baseline and three months after periodontal treatment and the microbiological samples were analyzed by PCR. …”
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