Relationship between serum indirect bilirubin levels and skeletal muscle mass in older male and female patients with type 2 diabetes.

Objective: We previously showed that low serum bilirubin levels are associated with disability in quality of daily living in older patients with diabetes. However, the underlying mechanism is not fully understood. The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between serum bilirubin levels and skeletal muscle mass in older patients with type2 diabetes.

A simplified prediction model for end-stage kidney disease in patients with diabetes.

This study aimed to develop a simplified model for predicting end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in patients with diabetes. The cohort included 2549 individuals who were followed up at Kyushu University Hospital (Japan) between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2018. The outcome was a composite of ESKD, defined as an eGFR < 15 mL min [1.

Intracellular Localization of Mycoplasma bovis in the Bronchiolar Epithelium of Experimentally Infected Calves.

Lung tissues from calves infected experimentally with Mycoplasma bovis were examined by immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. All inoculated calves had dark red areas of consolidation affecting both left and right lungs, which were characterized microscopically by subacute purulent bronchiolitis with hyperplasia of the surrounding lymphoid tissue. Immunohistochemically, M.

Clinical usefulness of human serum nonmercaptalbumin to mercaptalbumin ratio as a biomarker for diabetic complications and disability in activities of daily living in elderly patients with diabetes.

Background: Oxidative stress may play an important role in the development of diabetic complications. The ratio of human nonmercaptalbumin (HNA; oxidized form) to human mercaptalbumin (HMA; reduced form) has attracted attention as an indicator for systemic redox states. In this study, we measured the ratio in elderly patients with diabetes and evaluated its association with diabetic complications and disability in activities of daily living (ADL disability).

A diabetic patient in whom Hb Weesp was incidentally detected when her HbA1c level was measured.

The level of glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is widely used to monitor long-term glycemic control in patients with diabetes mellitus. There are more than 30 methods for measuring HbA1c levels. In recent times, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) has become the most commonly used method in Japan.