- ►onlinejacc.org SM Grundy - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2006 - Elsevier The metabolic syndrome is a constellation of risk factors of metabolic origin that are accompanied
by increased risk for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. These risk factors are atherogenic
dyslipidemia, elevated blood pressure, elevated plasma glucose, a prothrombotic state, ... Cited by 240 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 22 versions
- ►caldiabetes.org [PDF] DM Nathan, MB Davidson, RA DeFronzo, RJ Heine … - Diabetes Care, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc Type 2 diabetes is now epidemic. In the US, there has been a 61% increase in incidence between
1990 and 2001 (1). There are currently 1.5 million new cases per year, and the prevalence in
2005 was almost 21 million (2). The epidemic has affected developed and developing ... Cited by 158 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org MA Abdul-Ghani, D Tripathy, RA DeFronzo - Diabetes Care, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) are intermediate states
in glucose metabolism that exist between normal glucose tolerance and overt diabetes. Epidemiological
studies demonstrate that the two categories describe distinct populations with only partial ... Cited by 89 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
V Mohan, S Sandeep, R Deepa, B Shah, C … - Indian Journal of …, 2007 - medind.nic.in India leads the world with largest number of diabetic subjects earning the dubious distinction
of being termed the “diabetes capital of the world”. According to the Diabetes Atlas 2006 published
by the International Diabetes Federation, the number of people with diabetes in India ... Cited by 40 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 4 versions
R Basu, C Dalla Man, M Campioni, A Basu, G Klee, G … - Diabetes, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc To determine the effects of age and sex on the regulation of postprandial glucose
metabolism, glucose turnover, insulin secretion, insulin action, and hepatic insulin extraction
were concurrently measured in 145 healthy elderly (aged 70 ± 1 years) and in 58 young ( ... Cited by 38 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org JS Pankow, DK Kwan, BB Duncan, MI Schmidt, DJ … - Diabetes Care, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—Agreement between fasting and postchallenge glucose impairment was poor: 3,048
subjects (44%) had neither impaired fasting glucose (IFG) nor impaired glucose tolerance
(IGT), 1,690 (25%) had isolated IFG, 1,000 (14%) had isolated IGT, and 1,149 (17%) had ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
N Chaturvedi - Diabetes research and clinical practice, 2007 - Elsevier Much of the burden of diabetes is due to the development of vascular complications, including
cardiovascular diseases, retinopathy and nephropathy. Improvements in patient management
to promote tight control of glycaemia have helped to reduce the prevalence of ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - All 6 versions
K Faerch, A Vaag, JJ Holst, C Glümer, O Pedersen, K … - Diabetologia, 2008 - Springer Abstract Aims/hypothesis The impact of strategies for prevention of type 2 diabetes in isolated
impaired fasting glycaemia (i-IFG) vs isolated impaired glucose tolerance (i-IGT) may differ depending
on the underlying pathophysiology. We examined insulin secretion during OGTTs and ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
A Ramachandran, C Snehalatha, K Satyavani, S … - Diabetes research and …, 2007 - Elsevier MetS was present in 233 subjects (46.4%; 95% CI 41.9–50.9) in the total group, in men (n =
168; 42.3%; 95% CI 37.4–47.3) and in women (n = 65; 61.9%; 95% CI 51.9–71.2) (men versus
women χ 2 = 12.8, p = 0.0005). Insulin resistance (HOMA-IR ≥ 4.1) was present in 69.1% ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - All 10 versions
QM Nguyen, SR Srinivasan, JH Xu, W Chen, GS … - Diabetes Care, 2008 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—Diabetic subjects versus normoglycemic subjects had significantly higher levels
of subscapular skinfold, BMI, triglycerides, glucose, insulin, and homeostasis model assessment
of insulin resistance and lower levels of HDL cholesterol beginning in childhood and ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - All 4 versions