HbA1c variability in type 2 diabetes is associated with the occurrence of new-onset albuminuria within three years.

Aims: To evaluate the association between HbA1c coefficient of variation (HbA1c-CV) and 3-year new-onset albuminuria risk.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study involving 716 normoalbuminuric type 2 diabetes patients was conducted between 2010 and 2014. HbA1c-CV was used to categorize patients into low, moderate or high variability groups.

Metabolic parameters in type 2 diabetic patients with varying degrees of glycemic control during Ramadan: An observational study.

Aims/introduction: The changes in metabolic parameters in type 2 diabetic patients who fast during Ramadan have not been studied in Singapore. This study aimed to examine the trends of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), systolic blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides in diabetic patients with varying degrees of glycemic control and different types of therapeutic approaches during Ramadan.

Methods: The present retrospective study used a national electronic database to examine the metabolic parameter of Malay patients with type 2 diabetes.

Cost-of-illness studies of diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is recognised as a major health problem.

Objectives: The aims of this study are two-fold: (1) to describe the methods used in the identified cost-of-illness (COI) studies of DM and (2) to summarise their study findings regarding the economic impact of DM.

Methods: This is a systematic review of MEDLINE and Scopus journal articles reporting the cost of type 1 and/or 2 DM that were published in English from 2007 to 2011.

Evaluation of intensive care unit-acquired urinary tract infections in Singapore.

Introduction: Urinary tract infections remain one of the most frequently encountered acquired complications in an intensive care unit (ICU). The objective of this study was to determine the incidence, risk factors, microbial sensitivity patterns, and clinical outcomes of patients with UTIs acquired during their admission to an ICU in an acute care hospital in Singapore.

Materials And Methods: This was a 14-week prospective study.