Validation of the relationship consciousness of Japanese Patients with type 2 diabetes scale.

Objectives: The management of type 2 diabetes mellitus can be improved for individuals by developing relationships with other patients with diabetes. We created the Relationship Consciousness of Japanese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus scale to measure the relationship consciousness of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients for other patients based on the Health Belief Model.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus ( = 289).

The Concept of Sleep Ability and its Effect on Diabetes Control in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes.

Objectives: Few published studies have examined the effects of various components of sleep on the control of type 2 diabetes. This study aimed to construct a concept of sleep ability and examine its effect on diabetes control in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: Participants were 37 outpatients, 41 to 73 years of age, who had type 2 diabetes.

[Diabetes and clinical laboratory tests: team medicine].

The presentation at this symposium is from the following two perspectives: 1. Indispensability of team medicine for diabetes treatment: Once diabetes has been diagnosed, long-term treatment is essential. Diabetes is often due to a combination of unhealthy lifestyle factors, and treatment therefore requires patients to improve their lifestyles, a certain amount of stoicism also being needed.

Functional expression of sodium-dependent vitamin C transporter 2 in human endothelial cells.

Since oxidative stress plays an important role in dysregulation of the microcirculation as well as the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, therapeutic intervention with antioxidants has been speculated to prevent cardiovascular diseases. Ascorbic acid (AA) has been reported to improve endothelial function; however, its intracellular metabolic pathway has not been fully determined. Sodium-dependent vitamin C transporter (SVCT) types 1 and 2 were recently cloned.

Interaction of oxidative stress and inflammatory response in coronary plaque instability: important role of C-reactive protein.

Objective: C-reactive protein (CRP), a predictor of cardiovascular events, localizes in atherosclerotic arteries and exerts proinflammatory effects on vascular cells. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated in atherogenesis and plaque instability.

Methods And Results: Expressional pattern of CRP in directional coronary atherectomy specimens from 39 patients was examined.