Pulsatile stress in middle-aged patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes compared with nondiabetic control subjects.

Objective: Arterial pulse pressure is considered to be an independent cardiovascular risk factor. We compared pulse pressure during an active orthostatic test in middle-aged patients with type 1 diabetes and with type 2 diabetes and corresponding nondiabetic control subjects.

Research Design And Methods: Forty patients with type 1 diabetes (mean age 50 years, diabetes duration 23 years, and BMI 23.

Long-term outcome in women who underwent anti-reflux surgery in childhood.

Background: The purpose of ureterocystoneostomy to correct vesicoureteral reflux is to thereby prevent recurrent febrile urinary tract infections (UTIs). The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of UTI in adult women who underwent reimplantation as children, with the emphasis on infections during pregnancy.

Patients And Methods: Included in the study were women over 20 years of age who underwent surgery for primary reflux between 1969 and 2004.

Squatting amplifies pulse pressure increase with disease duration in patients with type 1 diabetes.

Objective: To evaluate pulse pressure changes according to duration of type 1 diabetes and to assess the influence of posture.

Research Design And Methods: We performed continuous measurement of blood pressure with a Finapres device during a 3 x 1 min posture test (standing, squatting, standing) in 159 type 1 diabetic patients divided into four groups according to diabetes duration (30 years, groups 1-4, respectively) and compared the results with those of age-matched nondiabetic subjects.

Results: Pulse pressure progressively increased according to type 1 diabetes duration (P < 0.