Publications by authors named "Maria Candida Parisi"

Objective: Diabetes can affect the eye in many ways beyond retinopathy. This study sought to evaluate ocular disease and determine any associations with peripheral neuropathy (PN) or cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in type 2 diabetes (T2D) and Charcot arthropathy (CA) patients.

Design: A total of 60 participants were included, 16 of whom were individuals with T2D/CA, 21 of whom were individuals with T2D who did not have CA, and 23 of whom were healthy controls.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The paucity of epidemiological data regarding diabetes complications in Brazil motivated us to evaluate the prevalence rates of distal symmetric polyneuropathy (DSP) and of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) followed in a primary care unit. A total of 551 individuals (59.3% women, 65 years old; diabetes duration of 10 years; HbA1c of 7.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Cardiac autonomic neuropathy is a neglected diabetic chronic complication for which genetic predictors are rarely reported. Oxidative stress is implicated in the pathogenesis of microvascular complications, and glutathione peroxidase 4 is involved in the detoxification of peroxides and of reactive oxygen species. Thus, the association of a functional variant in the gene encoding glutathione peroxidase 4 (rs713041) with this diabetic complication was investigated in 341 individuals with type 1 diabetes evaluated for cardiac autonomic neuropathy status (61.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • The study explores how genetic variants in the DNMT1 gene may influence the risk of complications from diabetes, particularly focusing on metabolic memory caused by past hyperglycemia.
  • Researchers assessed five specific gene variants in a group of 359 individuals with long-term type 1 diabetes to identify any associations with complications like kidney disease and neuropathy.
  • While no significant associations were found in the entire group, one variant was linked to increased cardiovascular neuropathy risk in women, suggesting the potential genetic involvement in diabetes-related microvascular issues.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF