Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) and thyroid dysfunction (TD) are the two most common endocrine disorders in clinical practice. The unrecognized TD may adversely affect the metabolic control and add more risk to an already predisposing scenario for cardiovascular diseases. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of TD in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T1DM and T2DM).

[Insulin resistance and secretion assessment across a range of glucose tolerance from normal individuals through diabetes].

Aim And Methods: Our main aim was to determine the association between clinical, demographical parameters and different insulin resistance and secretion indices in apparently healthy subjects, without previous knowledge of their own level of glucose tolerance. For that purpose, we evaluated 105 individuals from February to August 2003 by means of OGTT, aged 33.4+/-1.

[Evaluation of microalbuminuria in non-diabetic individuals].

Aim: To evaluate the presence of microalbuminuria in non-diabetic subjects, associating it to the presence of cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension, smoking, dislipidemia and obesity. The urinary albumin excretion rate (UAE) was also evaluated regarding to insulin secretion and resistance indices.

Design And Methods: 105 subjects aged 33.

Acute-phase proteins and microalbuminuria among patients with type 2 diabetes.

Objective: to determine the relationship between acute-phase proteins and microalbuminuria in type 2 diabetic patients without clinical evidence of macrovascular disease.

Research Design And Methods: We studied cross-sectionally 64 non-smoking outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus without clinical evidence of cardiovascular disease attended at Brazilian University General Hospital aged 59.5 +/- 8.