Does hypertension play a role in diabetic retinopathy?

Diabetic retinopathy is a common complication of diabetes. It represents one of the frequent causes of visual disability among diabetic subjects during the period of active life. The risk factors for diabetic retinopathy are poor glycemic control, hypertension, duration of diabetes, hyperlipidemia and proteinuria.

Hypoglycaemia unawareness.

Hypoglycaemia is the most frequent and serious complication of insulin therapy and is three times more common in those who are intensively treated. Impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia is a major limitation to achieving tight diabetes. Asymptomatic biochemical hypoglycaemia occurs more frequently during routine blood glucose monitoring and this should alert the clinician that the individual is developing hypoglycaemic unawareness.

Association of low adiponectin levels with the metabolic syndrome--the Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES-4).

The aim of the study was to assess the relation of adiponectin levels with the metabolic syndrome in Asian Indians, a high-risk group for diabetes and premature coronary artery disease. The study was conducted on 100 (50 men and 50 women) type 2 diabetic subjects and 100 age and sex matched subjects with normal glucose tolerance selected from the Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study, an ongoing population study in Chennai in southern India. Metabolic syndrome was defined using modified Adult Treatment Panel III (ATPIII) guidelines.

Postprandial hyperglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

The role of postprandial hyperglycemia (PPHG) in diabetes mellitus is being increasingly recognized. It is known that PPHG contributes to the increased risk of both micro- and macrovascular complications in patients with diabetes mellitus. This review looks at the clinical significance of PPHG and the currently available therapeutic modalities.

Why are Indians more prone to diabetes?

Diabetes, a global public health problem, is now emerging as a pandemic and by the year 2025, three-quarters of the world's 300 million adults with diabetes will be in non-industrialized countries and almost a third in India and China alone. There is evidence from several studies that the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes is increasing in migrant Indians. Today, the prevalence of diabetes in the urban metros of India is approaching the figures reported in the affluent migrant Indians.

Glucose intolerance (diabetes and IGT) in a selected South Indian population with special reference to family history, obesity and lifestyle factors--the Chennai Urban Population Study (CUPS 14).

Aim Of The Study: The aim of the study was to assess the impact of family history of diabetes, obesity and lifestyle factors particularly physical activity on glucose intolerance in a selected south Indian population.

Materials And Methods: The Chennai Urban Population Study (CUPS) is an epidemiological study involving two residential areas in Chennai in South India representing the middle and lower socio-economic group. Of the total of 1399 eligible subjects (age > or = 20 years), 1262 (90.

Prevalence of non-diabetic renal disease in type 2 diabetic patients in a diabetes centre in Southern India.

Objective: The Aim of Study is to determine the prevalence of non-diabetic renal disease among South Indian type 2 diabetic subjects based on renal biopsy.

Methods: Three thousand five hundred and ninety subjects with complete records were included for the study. One hundred and forty subjects who had proteinuria but no evidence of retinopathy undertook a 24 hour proteinuric estimation.

Prevalence of neuropathy in type 2 diabetic patients attending a diabetes centre in South India.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors for neuropathy among South Indian type 2 diabetic patients attending a diabetes centre.

Methods: One thousand consecutive type 2 diabetic patients attending a diabetes centre in South India were recruited for the study. Biothesiometry studies were performed by a single observer using a biothesiometer.

Drug induced diabetes mellitus.

Drug induced diabetes occurs due to a variety of drugs and mechanisms. Considering the vast number of diabetics in this country and also the wide variety of drugs prescribed for diabetic as well as non-diabetic patients especially the elderly, the entity of drug induced diabetes does not appear to be very common. This suggests that an underlying and often unsuspected abnormality probably increases the risk of developing diabetes mellitus.