Impairment of Microcirculation Parameters in Patients with a History of Diabetic Foot Ulcers by Julien Vouillarmet, Audrey Josset-Lamaugarny, Myriam Moret, Christine Cugnet-Anceau, Paul Michon, Emmanuel Disse, Dominique Sigaudo-Roussel

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> A total of 172 patients with type 2 diabetes associated with a peripheral neuropathy and/or a history of DFUs were included and classified into two groups (Grade 1–2 and Grade 3) according to the IWGDF classification. …”
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Vanadyl Sulfate Effects on Systemic Profiles of Metabolic Syndrome in Old Rats with Fructose-Induced Obesity by Diego Ortega-Pacheco, María Marcela Jiménez-Pérez, Jeanet Serafín-López, Juan Gabriel Juárez-Rojas, Arturo Ruiz-García, Ursino Pacheco-García

“…Currently, energy obtained from hypercaloric diets has been part of the obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) epidemics from childhood to old age. …”
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The Growing Obesity Epidemic: Integrating Lifestyle, Pharmacological, and Surgical Interventions for Effective Management by Jan Siwiec, Olga Śpiołek, Agnieszka Wąsowicz, Marcelina Sztyler-Krąkowska, Mateusz Teofilak, Natalia Smyl, Aleksandra Słowikowska, Julia Szatkowska, Franciszek Kędziora, Dariusz Fabian

“… Introduction: Obesity is a multifactorial disease with a growing global prevalence, significantly increasing the risk of numerous health conditions, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Its management requires a multifaceted approach that includes lifestyle modifications, pharmacologic interventions and, in severe cases, surgical treatments. …”
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Significant Calcification of an Entire Aortic Tree with Renal Artery Subocclusion: Acute Kidney Injury, Ischemic Kidney Disease, and the Tissue Viability Question—A Case Report by Marko Baralić, Selena Gajić, Aleksandra Kezić, Ana Bontić, Jelena Pavlović, Voin Brković, Vidna Karadžić Ristanović, Danka Bjelić, Maja Životić, Sanja Radojević-Škodrić, Želimir Antonić, Nenad Ilijevski, Milan Radović

“…Conclusions: Even in patients with concomitant disorders like type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hypertension (HTN), or HF, the dilatation of significantly narrowed renal arteries due to severe calcifications can result in complete renal function recovery.…”
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Characterization of Natural Killer Cells and Cytokines in Maternal Placenta and Fetus of Diabetic Mothers by Cristiane de Castro Pernet Hara, Eduardo Luzía França, Danny Laura Gomes Fagundes, Adriele Ataides de Queiroz, Marilza Vieira Cunha Rudge, Adenilda Cristina Honorio-França, Iracema de Mattos Paranhos Calderon

“…In the maternal blood from the hyperglycemic groups, the CD16+CD56− NK cells increased, whereas that of CD16+CD56+ decreased in gestational diabetes mellitus [GDM] group. Cord blood from type 2 diabetes [DM-2] showed a higher proportion of CD16+CD56− and CD16−CD56+. …”
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The Association between Serum Cytokines and Damage to Large and Small Nerve Fibers in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy by Francesca Magrinelli, Chiara Briani, Marcello Romano, Susanna Ruggero, Elisabetta Toffanin, Giuseppa Triolo, George Chummar Peter, Marialuigia Praitano, Matteo Francesco Lauriola, Giampietro Zanette, Stefano Tamburin

“…Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a frequent complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and may involve small and large peripheral nerve fibers. …”
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Early discharge and international air transport of a traveler with exacerbating comorbidities and pneumomediastinum: a case report by Miho Akimoto, Soichiro Saeki, Yuki Kiyomoto, Hirosane Takeshima, Naofumi Higuchi, Takako Mori, Yasuyo Osanai, Chihaya Hinohara, Takeshi Inagaki

“…Case presentation This case involves a 30-year-old American woman with type 2 diabetes, obesity, and a recent history of pancreaticoduodenectomy, who was hospitalized in Japan with cellulitis and incidentally diagnosed with pneumomediastinum. …”
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Self-Reported Disability in Adults with Severe Obesity by I. Kyrou, G. Osei-Assibey, N. Williams, R. Thomas, L. Halder, S. Taheri, P. Saravanan, S. Kumar

“…It also correlated to type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and clinical depression, but not to gender. …”
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Noninvasive Evaluation of Liver Function in Morbidly Obese Patients by Patrick H. Alizai, Isabella Lurje, Andreas Kroh, Sophia Schmitz, Tom Luedde, Julia Andruszkow, Ulf P. Neumann, Florian Ulmer

“…Obese patients show a diminished liver function capacity, especially those suffering from type 2 diabetes. The liver function capacity correlates with histological and clinical scoring systems. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of Ramadan Fasting on Muslim Patients with Diabetes in relation to Use of Medication and Lifestyle Patterns: A Prospective Study by Melanie Yee Lee Siaw, Daniel Ek Kwang Chew, Rinkoo Dalan, Shaikh Abdul Kader Kamaldeen Abdul Shakoor, Noorani Othman, Chor Hui Choo, Nur Hidayah Shamsuri, Siti Nurhana Abdul Karim, Sui Yung Chan, Joyce Yu-Chia Lee

“…This study aimed to examine the effect of Ramadan fasting on HbA1c in Muslim patients with type 2 diabetes. The incidence of hypoglycemia and glycemic changes in relation to the adjustment of doses of antidiabetic agents, diet, and physical activity during Ramadan was also evaluated. …”
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The Risk Factors for Diabetic Retinopathy in a Chinese Population: A Cross-Sectional Study by Qingmin Sun, Yali Jing, Bingjie Zhang, Tianwei Gu, Ran Meng, Jie Sun, Dalong Zhu, Yaping Wang

“…This hospital-based retrospective study included 1052 type 2 diabetes patients. Diabetic retinopathy was diagnosed by nonmydriatic fundus photography and/or fundus examination apparatus. …”
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Nationwide Outcomes of Heart Transplantation for Postpartum Cardiomyopathy by Ilias P. Doulamis, Aspasia Tzani, Ahmet Kilic, Toshiki Kuno, Alexandros Briasoulis

“…The mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.2 kg/m2; the most common comorbidity was type 2 diabetes (T2D) (n = 589; 87%). Older age was associated with lower overall mortality (hazard ratio (HR): 0.97; 95% CI: 0.95, 0.98; p < 0.01), while diabetes (HR: 1.01; 95% CI: 1.01, 1.01; p < 0.01), dialysis (HR: 1.01; 95% CI: 1.01, 1.01; p < 0.01), days on Status 1 on the UNOS registry (HR: 1.06; 95% CI: 1.03, 10.9; p < 0.01), creatinine (HR: 1.29; 95% CI: 1.02, 1.64; p = 0.034), and length of stay (HR: 1.01; 95% CI: 1.01, 1.02; p = 0.02) were associated with a higher risk of overall mortality. …”
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Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Ratio Is Improved When Using a Digital, Nonmydriatic Fundus Camera Onsite in a Diabetes Outpatient Clinic by Pia Roser, Hannes Kalscheuer, Jan B. Groener, Daniel Lehnhoff, Roman Klein, Gerd U. Auffarth, Peter P. Nawroth, Florian Schuett, Gottfried Rudofsky

“…This cross-sectional study included 502 patients, 112 with type 1 and 390 with type 2 diabetes. Patients attended screenings for microvascular complications, including diabetic nephropathy (DN), diabetic polyneuropathy (DP), and DR. …”
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High Prevalence of Prediabetes and Associated Risk Factors in Urban Areas of Pontianak, Indonesia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Indah Budiastutik, Martha I. Kartasurya, Hertanto W. Subagio, Bagoes Widjanarko

“…Uncontrolled prediabetes can develop into Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The incidence of T2DM among adults in Pontianak, Indonesia was reported remarkably high. …”
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Skin Microbiota: Mediator of Interactions Between Metabolic Disorders and Cutaneous Health and Disease by Magdalini Kreouzi, Nikolaos Theodorakis, Maria Nikolaou, Georgios Feretzakis, Athanasios Anastasiou, Konstantinos Kalodanis, Aikaterini Sakagianni

“…Metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), obesity, and metabolic syndrome, are systemic conditions that profoundly impact the skin microbiota, a dynamic community of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and mites essential for cutaneous health. …”
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Coffee, including caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee, and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis by Paul Roderick, Peter Clive Hayes, Julie Parkes, Ryan Buchanan, Oliver John Kennedy, Jonathan Andrew Fallowfield

“…There was evidence that the association was not significantly altered by stage of liver disease or the presence/absence of high alcohol consumption, high body mass index, type 2 diabetes mellitus, smoking, or hepatitis B and C viruses. …”
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3β-Hydroxysteroid-Δ24 Reductase (DHCR24) Protects Pancreatic β Cells from Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Induced Apoptosis by Scavenging Excessive Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Speci... by Yang Li, Xude Wang, Baoyu Yang, Haozhen Wang, Zhenzhong Ma, Ziyin Lu, Xiuli Lu, Bing Gao

“…However, the role of DHCR24 in type 2 diabetes is only incompletely understood so far. …”
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Using a robust model to detect the association between anthropometric factors and T2DM: machine learning approaches by Nafiseh Hosseini, Hamid Tanzadehpanah, Amin Mansoori, Mostafa Sabzekar, Gordon A. Ferns, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…Abstract Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential models to determine the most important anthropometric factors associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Method A dataset derived from the Mashhad Stroke and heart atherosclerotic disorders (MASHAD) study comprising 9354 subject aged 65 − 35. 25% (2336 people) of subjects were diabetic and 75% (7018 people) where non-diabetic was used for the analysis of 10 anthropometric factors and age that were measured in all patients. …”
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Long-Term Dietary Nitrate Supplementation Does Not Prevent Development of the Metabolic Syndrome in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet by V. B. Matthews, R. Hollingshead, H. Koch, K. D. Croft, N. C. Ward

“…A reduction in NO bioavailability is thought to contribute to endothelial dysfunction, an early risk factor for both cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Dietary nitrate, through the nitrate-nitrite-NO pathway, may provide an alternate source of NO when the endogenous eNOS system is compromised. …”
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Population characteristics, prescription patterns and glycemic control of users of flash glucose monitoring systems in Brazil: a real-world evidence study by Karla Santo, Josué Nieri, Karine Risério, Karla F. S. Melo

“…Methods This study is a cross-sectional retrospective study using anonymized aggregated data manually inputted by Glic™ users who self-reported a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1DM), type 2 diabetes (T2DM), gestational diabetes (GDM) and latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA). …”
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