Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
January 2025
J Psoriasis Psoriatic Arthritis
October 2023
Objectives: Most psoriatic arthritis (PsA) research and studies focus solely on the skin and joint manifestations, but there is also an increased risk of metabolic disorders, including insulin resistance (IR). This study aims to discover the relationship between IR and disease activity (DA) in PsA and its phenotype.
Materials And Methods: Patients with PsA classified using the CASPAR criteria with the disease activity was measured using the DAPSA score, and IR was identified as an elevated HOMA-IR of >2.
As age increases, adipose tissue infiltrates muscle tissue and leads to sarcopenia. When excessive accumulation of adipose tissue accompanied progressive decrease in lean body mass especially visceral fat, termed as sarcopenic obesity (SO) and related metabolic intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT) is an ectopic tissue found between muscle groups, and is distinct from subcutaneous adipose tissue. Until now, the association between IMAT and metabolic health was not understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Deep neck infection (DNI) is an infection that occurs in the deep neck fascia and spaces commonly found in diabetic patients. Impaired immune system due to hyperglycemic condition in diabetic patients leads to different clinical presentations, prognosis, and management and therapy in this group of patients.
Case Presentation: We reported a deep neck infection and abscess in a diabetic patient that resulted in acute kidney injury and airway obstruction.
The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasingly popular for the management of diabetes mellitus (DM). The aim of this study was to conduct systematic review of any types of complementary and alternative medicine for glycemic control of diabetes mellitus. Four databases was used in this study, the CINAHL, PUBMED, SCOPUS, and ProQUEST.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: There is an increase in fall risk among elders and young adults consecutively due to various causes. Occult balance disorder may be among the abnormal causes of falling in young adults as well as elders. The One Leg Stance (OLS) test is used to diagnose this balance performance; it's a proven test to measure static balance function which would lead to dynamic balance function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of biphasic insulin aspart 30 (BIAsp 30) in Indonesian type 2 diabetes patients switched from biphasic human insulin 30 (BHI 30) as a sub-analysis of the A₁chieve study.
Methods: Clinical safety and effectiveness over 24 weeks was evaluated in Indonesian patients who switched from BHI 30 to BIAsp 30 at the discretion of their physician.
Results: A total of 244 patients with mean age ± SD 55.
Aim: To assess the prevalence of macroalbuminuria and microalbuminuria in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes in 10 Asian countries.
Methods: This cross-sectional clinic-based epidemiological study is a subanalysis of data collected from patients attending three medical centres in Indonesia from May 2002 to October 2002. A total of 207 patients were enrolled, of which 177 patients constituted the per protocol population (patients with bacteriuria and haematuria were excluded).