Publications by authors named "G I Uwaifo"
Risk of healthcare visits from influenza in subjects with diabetes and impacts of early vaccination.
BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the impact of influenza in American adults with and without diabetes to highlight the advantages of seasonal vaccination.
- A large-scale retrospective cohort study analyzed over a million medical records from Louisiana to track influenza-related hospital visits and the effects of vaccination timing.
- Results indicated that adults with diabetes faced a significantly higher risk of influenza and that early vaccination lowered the risk of healthcare visits for both diabetic and non-diabetic patients.
Obesity and chronic kidney disease are two ongoing progressive clinical pandemics of major public health and clinical care significance. Because of their growing prevalence, chronic indolent course and consequent complications both these conditions place significant burden on the health care delivery system especially in developed countries like the United States. Beyond the chance coexistence of both of these conditions in the same patient based on high prevalence it is now apparent that obesity is associated with and likely has a direct causal role in the onset, progression and severity of chronic kidney disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNonclassic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NCCAH) is characterized by mild cortisol deficiency, excess androgens and adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) production, and often with various features of dysmetabolic syndrome. Elective bariatric surgery is one of the most effective long-term management strategies for severe obesity. Our case presents a 34-year-old woman with symptomatic NCCAH and class III obesity who status post Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) had significant weight loss with metabolic resolution of NCCAH, and no longer required glucocorticoid (GC) therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Low-carbohydrate diets decrease hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) among patients with type 2 diabetes at least as much as low-fat diets. However, evidence on the effects of low-carbohydrate diets on HbA1c among individuals with HbA1c in the range of prediabetes to diabetes not treated by diabetes medications is limited.
Objective: To study the effect of a behavioral intervention promoting a low-carbohydrate diet compared with usual diet on 6-month changes in HbA1c among individuals with elevated untreated HbA1c.