A pilot cross-sectional study of non-communicable diseases in TB household contacts by Y. Hamada, A. Lugendo, T. Ntshiqa, G. Kubeka, J.M. Lalashowi, S. Mwastaula, K. Ntshamane, I. Sabi, S. Wilson, A. Copas, K. Velen, N.E. Ntinginya, L.T. Minja, I. Abubakar, S. Charalambous, M.X. Rangaka

“…Among contacts, respectively 12.2% (95% CI 8.3–17.6) and 39.7% (95% CI 33.1–46.7) had diabetes and hypertension, compared to 14.1% (95% CI 9.2–21.0) and 44.7% (95% CI 36.9–52.7) among controls. …”
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Contributions of Fasting and Postprandial Glucose Concentrations to Haemoglobin A1c in Drug-Naïve Mal-Glucose Metabolism in Chinese Population Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring S... by Rengna Yan, Yun Hu, Fengfei Li, Lanlan Jiang, Xiaohua Xu, Jie Wang, Ying Zhang, Lei Ye, Kok Onn Lee, Xiaofei Su, Jianhua Ma

“…To clarify the contributions of fasting glucose (FG) and postprandial glucose (PG) to HbA1c in drug-naïve patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and impaired glucose tolerate (IGT)/impaired fasting glucose (IFG). …”
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Metabolic enzyme inhibitory abilities, in vivo hypoglycemic ability of palmleaf raspberry fruits extracts and identification of hypoglycemic compounds by Jun Tan, Danshu Wang, Yu Lu, Yehan Wang, Zongcai Tu, Tao Yuan, Lu Zhang

“…Above results could provide important technical supporting for the further application and research of FPZ in health foods and drugs against diabetes.…”
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In Vivo Functional Assessment of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporters (SGLTs) Using [18F]Me4FDG PET in Rats by Yohji Matsusaka, Xinyu Chen, Paula Arias-Loza, Rudolf A. Werner, Naoko Nose, Takanori Sasaki, Steven P. Rowe, Martin G. Pomper, Constantin Lapa, Takahiro Higuchi

“…As such, [18F]Me4FDG may enable improvement in glycemic control in diabetes by PET-based monitoring strategies.…”
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Augmentation index as a predictor of right ventricular dysfunction in coronary artery disease: a cross-sectional study by Arash Rahimi, Babak Geraiely, Hamed Vahidi, Mohammadreza Eftekhari, Ramyar Rahimi Darehbagh, Somayeh Mohammadi, Golrokh Ghaffari, Meysam Khoshavi

“…In multivariable analyses, AIx remained an independent predictor of RV dysfunction (adjusted odds ratio 3.42, 95% confidence interval 1.56–7.51, P = 0.002) after adjusting for age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, smoking, left ventricular ejection fraction, and Gensini score. …”
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Association between chronic kidney disease and oxidative balance score: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005–2018 by Cong Liu, Jiju Yang, Hongdian Li, Yuanyuan Deng, Pengfei He, Jiao Zhang, Mianzhi Zhang, Mianzhi Zhang, Mianzhi Zhang

“…Covariates included age, gender, race, education level, marital status, poverty-income ratio, sleep duration, depression, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, use of hypoglycemic medications, and use of antihypertensive medications. …”
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Impact of Handgrip Strength on Survival in Hemodialysis Patients by Kyungho Park, Seongyeop Jeong, Hyerim Park, Eu Jin Lee, Young Rok Ham, Ki Ryang Na, Dae Eun Choi

“…In the multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis, which adjusted for age, diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HTN), BMI, fat tissue index (FTI), LTI, serum albumin, C-reactive protein (CRP), and CONUT score, HGS remained a significant predictor of survival in female dialysis patients (HR 2.77, 95% CI 1.00–7.65, <i>p</i> = 0.049). …”
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Effectiveness of Continuous Glucose Monitoring on Short-Term, In-Hospital Mortality Among Frail and Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: Randomized Controlled Trial by Jiawei Shang, Ziming Yuan, Zuoyan Zhang, Quanhong Zhou, Yan Zou, Wei Wang

“…The percentage of participants with diabetes was 30.6% (38/124). The corresponding hazard ratio of the primary outcome in the intermittently scanned CGM (isCGM) group when compared with the point-of-care testing (POCT) group was 0.18 (95% CI 0.04-0.79). …”
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Correlation between liver fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and insulin resistance indicators: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2017–2020 by Bo Yang, Mingsu Gong, Xiaojie Zhu, Yang Luo, Ruiqiu Li, Hai Meng, Yuhan Wang

“…The developed nomogram, incorporating AST, TyG, TyG-BMI, and diabetes, showed an AUC of 0.809 (95% CI: 0.771-0.847), indicating good predictive performance for LF in NAFLD patients.ConclusionsThis study confirms that a significant association between various IR and LF in NAFLD patients, and the developed nomogram provides a practical tool for early risk assessment. …”
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The Effect of Intravenous Metoclopramide on Pain, Nausea, Discomfort, and Ease of Insertion of Nasogastric Tube in Emergency Department: A Double-blind Randomized Clinical Trial by Seyed Mohammad Hosseininejad, Farzad Bozorgi, Asieh Khodami, Hamed Aminiahidashti, Mohammad Hajizade Juybari

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تأثیر تمرین هوازی تداومی و تناوبی بر سطوح سرمی گالکتین 3 و مقاومت به انسولین در رت‌های صحرایی نژاد ویستار مبتلا به دیابت بارداری... by احمد اربابی, مهدی مقرنسی, حامد فنایی, جواد نخزری خداخیر

“…مقاله پژوهشی مقدمه: دیابت بارداری (Gestational diabetes mellitus) GDM، یکی از شایع‌ترین بیماری‌های متابولیک در زنان باردار است. …”
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Integrated Evaluation of Age-Related Changes in Structural and Functional Vascular Parameters Used to Assess Arterial Aging, Subclinical Atherosclerosis, and Cardiovascular Risk in... by Daniel Bia, Yanina Zócalo, Ignacio Farro, Juan Torrado, Federico Farro, Lucía Florio, Alicia Olascoaga, Javier Brum, Walter Alallón, Carlos Negreira, Ricardo Lluberas, Ricardo L. Armentano

“…Then, we excluded subjects with (a) cardiovascular (CV) symptoms, (b) CV disease, (c) diabetes mellitus or renal failure, and (d) traditional CV risk factors (other than age and gender). …”
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Experiencias en la realización de autopsias a puérperas fallecidas por la COVID-19 by Teresita Montero González, José Hurtado de Mendoza Amat, Virginia Capó de Paz, Laura López Marín, Licet González Fabián, Rafael Venegas Rodríguez, Anadys Beatriz Segura Fernández, Yusleidis Fraga Martinéz

“…A todas se les realizó cesárea, por beneficio materno-fetal e ingresaron en la unidad de cuidados intensivos, con comorbilidades entre las cuales la obesidad y la diabetes fueron más frecuentes. La media de fecha de inicio de los síntomas fue 5,18 días, todas contacto de casos positivos; en las causas de muerte la hipoxia sistémica afectó a un tercio de las fallecidas; el edema pulmonar de permeabilidad se presentó en el 100 % de las puérperas y en todas las muertes maternas hubo daño múltiple de órganos. …”
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The efficacy of open transanal drainage tube against anastomotic leakage in left-sided colorectal cancer surgery: a propensity score matching study by Gen Tsujio, Tatsunari Fukuoka, Atsushi Sugimoto, Ken Yonemitsu, Yuki Seki, Hiroaki Kasashima, Yuichiro Miki, Mami Yoshii, Tatsuro Tamura, Masatsune Shibutani, Takahiro Toyokawa, Shigeru Lee, Kiyoshi Maeda

“…PSM was performed between the OPEN and CLOSED groups on the basis of the following 13 factors: age, sex, BMI, diabetes mellitus (DM), smoking history, modified Glasgow prognostic score (mGPS), ASA-PS, location of distal tumor edge, operative procedure, surgical approach, operative time, intraoperative blood loss, and pathological stage. …”
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Construction and evaluation of a triage assessment model for patients with acute non-traumatic chest pain: mixed retrospective and prospective observational study by Xuan Zhou, Gangren Jian, Yuefang He, Yating Huang, Jie Zhang, Shengfang Wang, Yunxian Wang, Ruofei Zheng

“…Results Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that age, smoking, coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, pain site, concomitant symptoms, and electrocardiograph, all of which are independent predictors of high-risk chest pain patients. …”
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TG : HDL-C Ratio Is a Good Marker to Identify Children Affected by Obesity with Increased Cardiometabolic Risk and Insulin Resistance by Ahmad Kamil Nur Zati Iwani, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin, Ruziana Mona Wan Mohd Zin, Md Zain Fuziah, Janet Yeow Hua Hong, Yahya Abqariyah, Abdul Halim Mokhtar, Wan Nazaimoon Wan Mohamud

“…This study aims to examine the clinical utility of triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein ratio (TG : HDL-C) in identifying cardiometabolic risk and insulin resistance (IR) among children with obesity, in comparison with MetS as defined by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). Data of 232 children with obesity aged 10–16 years were obtained from our study, MyBFF@school study, conducted between January and December 2014. …”
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Search for signals of positive selection of circadian rhythm genes <i>PER1</i>, <i>PER2</i>, <i>PER3</i> in different human populations by A. I. Mishina, S. Y. Bakoev, A. Y. Oorzhak, A. A. Keskinov, Sh. Sh. Kabieva, A. V. Korobeinikova, V. S. Yudin, M. M. Bobrova, D. A. Shestakov, V. V. Makarov, L. V. Getmantseva

“…In addition, many of the selection variants in the PER1, PER2, PER3 genes appear to regulate biological processes that are associated with major modern diseases, including obesity, cancer, metabolic syndrome, bipolar personality disorder, depression, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus, lupus erythematosus, stroke and Alzheimer’s disease, making them extremely interesting targets for further research aimed at identifying the genetic causes of human disease.…”
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Physical activity in patients after bariatric surgery - a literature review by Martyna Śliwińska, Anna Podraza, Małgorzata Wirkijowska, Jakub Wirkijowski, Katarzyna Wójtowicz, Agata Walczak, Wiktoria Gajek-Flanczewska, Sebastian Flanczewski, Paulina Woźniak, Ewa Wietrzykowska, Dominika Sobolewska, Katarzyna Michalczyk-Fraszka

“… Introduction: Obesity is a growing global health concern, leading to severe comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and depression. Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for severe obesity, providing significant weight loss and health improvements. …”
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Prevalence, cessation, and geographical variation of smoking among middle-aged and elderly adults in China: A population-based study by Qingjia Zeng, Chongyang Zhang, Feiyu Su, Yanli Wan, Wen-jun Tu, Hongpu Hu

“…Additionally, the dose-response relationship indicated a more pronounced association between higher smoking pack-years and elevated health risks, including hypertension (aOR=1.30, 95% CI: 1.24-1.36), diabetes (aOR=1.26, 95% CI: 1.20-1.33), hyperlipidemia (aOR=1.22, 95% CI: 1.16-1.28), heart disease (aOR=1.40, 95% CI: 1.26-1.54), and stroke (aOR=1.23, 95% CI: 1.10-1.36). …”
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Risk Factors for Coronary Events After Robotic Hybrid Off-Pump Coronary Revascularization by Aleksander Dokollari, Beatrice Bacchi, Serge Sicouri, Francesco Cabrucci, Massimo Bonacchi, Danielle Spragan, Mary Ann C. Wertan, Nitin Ghorpade, Stephanie Kjelstrom, Georgia Montone, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Basel Ramlawi, Francis Sutter

“…The risk factors were the lack of radial artery graft use, black race, diabetes, obesity, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, low ejection fraction <50%, severe left main coronary artery stenosis (>50%), and more than three-vessel disease. …”
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