Smoking and death in Thai diabetic patients: the Thailand Diabetic Registry cohort.

Objective: To determine the impact of smoking and quit smoking on mortality rate.

Material And Method: This prospective cohort was a three-year follow-up of Thai Diabetes Registry project that registered 9,370 diabetic patients from 10 diabetic clinics in tertiary medical centers in Bangkok and major provinces between April 2003 and February 2006.

Results: The groups of 7,487 (80%), 1,315 (14%), and 568 (6%) patients were classified as non-smokers, ex-smokers, and current smokers.

Thailand Diabetic Registry cohort: predicting death in Thai diabetic patients and causes of death.

Introduction: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Thailand is 9.8 percent which is double the number forecast by World Health Organization. There is inadequate information to statistically represent all Thai diabetic patients for their causes of death.

Efficacy and safety of generic and original pioglitazone in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a multicenter, a double-blinded, randomized-controlled study.

Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of generic (Utmos) and original (Actos) 30 mg Pioglitazone tablets.

Study Design: A multicenter, parallel randomized, double-blinded, controlled study.

Material And Method: Type 2 diabetic patients, with glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA,) > or = 7.

Thailand diabetes registry project: prevalence of vascular complications in long-standing type 2 diabetes.

Objective: To explore the nature of diabetic complications in type 2 diabetic patients who had had diabetes for longer than 15 years (long-DM), compared to those with duration of less than 15 years (short-DM).

Material And Method: Patients studied were adult type 2 diabetic patients registered to the Diabetes Registry Project, a nationwide cross-sectional study of diabetes mellitus in Thailand. Information collected included demographic data, age at diagnosis of diabetes, blood pressure, body mass index, fasting plasma glucose, HbA(1c), serum creatinine, and major diabetic vascular complications, including diabetic retinopathy (DR), albuminuria or renal insufficiency (diabetic nephropathy; DN), myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, peripheral arterial disease (PAD), foot ulcer and amputation.

Thailand diabetes registry (TDR) project: clinical status and long term vascular complications in diabetic patients.

Objective: The primary objectives of the Thailand Diabetes Registry project were to identify the characteristics of Thai diabetic patients in tertiary care medical centers and to determine the extent of long term diabetic complications. The secondary objective aimed at building up and strengthening clinical research network among Thai experts in diabetes mellitus and collection of baseline data for future follow-up study.

Material And Method: A cross-sectional, multi-center, hospital-based diabetes registry was carried out from diabetes clinics of 11 tertiary centers.

Thailand diabetes registry project: prevalence of hypertension, treatment and control of blood pressure in hypertensive adults with type 2 diabetes.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of hypertension, patterns of antihypertensive treatment and level of blood pressure control in adult Thai type 2 diabetic patients who attended diabetes clinics in university and tertiary-care hospitals.

Material And Method: A cross-sectional, multi-center, hospital-based diabetes registry of 8884 adults 18 years old and older was carried out from diabetes clinics of 11 tertiary centers. Demographic data, including use of antihypertensive drugs and blood samples were collected and analyzed for prevalence, associated factors, patterns of antihypertensive therapy and level of blood pressure control.

Thailand diabetes registry project: glycemic control in Thai type 2 diabetes and its relation to hypoglycemic agent usage.

Objective: To determine the pattern of hyperglycemic agent usage in Thai type 2 diabetics (T2 DM) who attended the diabetes clinic in university and tertiary-care hospitals. The achievement oftarget glycemic control by various modalities of treatment was also analyzed.

Material And Method: A cross-sectional, hospital-based diabetes registry of 8913 type 2 diabetic patients in 11 tertiary care hospitals and medical schools was carried out from April to December 2003.

Thailand diabetes registry project: prevalence and risk factors of stroke in thai diabetic patients.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of stroke and its risk factors in Thai diabetic patients who attended the diabetes clinics of university and tertiary-care hospitals.

Material And Method: A cross-sectional, multi-center hospital-based diabetes registry was carried out at diabetes clinics of 11 university and tertiary-care hospitals. Demographic data, clinical characteristics, common drugs used and laboratory parameters were analyzed for prevalence and risk factors associated with stroke.

Thailand diabetes registry project: prevalence and risk factors associated with lower extremity amputation in Thai diabetics.

Objective: To determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with lower extremity amputation (LEA) in Thai diabetics.

Material And Method: A cross-sectional, multicenter hospital-based diabetes registry was carried out from April to December 2003. Baseline characteristics and risk factors were analysed from 9419 diabetic patients.

Thailand diabetes registry project: prevalence, characteristics and treatment of patients with diabetic nephropathy.

Objectives: To identify the prevalence and characteristics of patients with Diabetic Nephropathy (DN) and to evaluate adequacy of glycemic and blood pressure control of these patients in the authors' registry.

Material And Method: A cross-sectional, multicenter, hospital-based diabetic registry was carried out in diabetes clinics of 11 tertiary centers in Thailand. DN was defined as the presence of at least two out of three of these symptoms; positive microalbuminuria, positive dipstick proteinuria or creatinine levels equal to or greater than 2 mg/dl.

Thailand diabetes registry project: prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and associated factors in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of and factors associated with Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) in type 2 diabetes in Thailand.

Material And Method: A cross-sectional, multicenter; hospital-based study was carried out between April and December 2003. Diabetic patients in diabetic clinics of 11 tertiary centers in Thailand were registered.

Thailand diabetes registry project: prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and associated factors in type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) of type 1 diabetes mellitus in Thailand.

Material And Method: A cross-sectional, multicenter hospital-based study was carried out from April to December 2003. Diabetic patients in diabetic clinics of 11 tertiary centers were registered.

Thailand diabetes registry project: type of diabetes, glycemic control and prevalence of microvascular complications in children and adolescents with diabetes.

Objective: To determine the etiology, glycemic control and prevalence of microvascular complications in Thai diabetic patients who were diagnosed at the age of less than 18 years and who attended diabetes clinics in university or tertiary care hospitals.

Material And Method: A cross-sectional, multi-center, hospital-based diabetes registry was carried out from diabetes clinics of 11 tertiary centers. Demographic data including laboratory results and microvascular complications were recorded.

A survey study on diabetes management and complication status in primary care setting in Thailand.

Objective: Healthcare service in Thailand is stratified into three levels with different facilities of care. This cross-sectional survey study described diabetes management, diabetes control, and late complication status among patients managed in urban primary health care clinics.

Material And Method: Thirty-seven primary health care units were randomly selected.

Improvement of diabetic care at Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital (the study of Diabcare-Asia from 1997 to 2003).

Diabcare-Asia, the largest, multicenter observational study in Asia, surveyed the status of diabetic control among Asian diabetics, including Thais. Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital is a regional hospital in Northeast Thailand that participated in Diabcare-Asia. In 1997, 1998 and 2003, the authors recruited 200, 100, 204 diabetic patients for analysis, respectively.

The epidemiology of type 1 diabetes in Thai children.

The incidence of type 1 diabetes in children aged 0-15 years in Thailand was reported to be as low as 0.2/100,000/year in 1984-1985. This survey from 1991 to 1995 by the same investigators using the same questionnaires distributed to hospitals in every province demonstrated increasing numbers.