Snap diagnosis of fulminant type 1 diabetes by the normalized glucose/HbA1c ratio.

Elevated Fulminant Index (FI), [plasma glucose (PG)/glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)], was reportedly a sensitive index to differentiate fulminant type 1 diabetes (FT1D) from non-fulminant T1D (nFT1D). Aim of this study was to describe a better, but simpler index of FT1D. 49 and 52 patients with FT1D and nFT1D, respectively, were registered, and the discriminating ability of the rounded, normalized ratio, [PG (mmol/L) - 5.

Normal mortality in the elderly with diabetes under strict glycemic and blood pressure control: outcome of 6-year prospective study.

Mortality, macroangiopathic events and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the elderly under long-term, intensive multifactorial diabetes control were prospectively investigated. Three hundred and eighty-eight elderly patients (> or =65 years) with type 2 diabetes (the mean age 72.9 years, men/women ratio 176/212) were followed-up for 6 years with HbA1c 7.

Development, worsening, and improvement of diabetic microangiopathy in older people: six-year prospective study of patients under intensive diabetes control.

Objectives: To examine retinopathy and nephropathy in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) under intensive multifactorial DM control.

Design: Six-year interventional observation study.

Setting: Multicenter study including four hospitals.

Prospective analysis of mortality, morbidity, and risk factors in elderly diabetic subjects: Nagano study.

Objective: To clarify mortality and morbidity of intensively managed elderly diabetic individuals and to explore factors predicting mortality and diabetes-related end points.

Research Design And Methods: A total of 390 elderly (>or=65 years of age) outpatients with type 2 diabetes ( 173 men and 217 women, mean age 73.0 years) were analyzed.