… No significant differences in glucose, insulin, C-peptide, and glucagon concentrations
were seen after the 75-g glucose load. These findings indicate the absence of detectable …

Astrict glycemic control reduces the risk of the development of microand macrovascular
complications (1–3). In the UK Prospective Diabetes Study, each 1% reduction in HbA1c was …

Background Self‐monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) has been found to be effective for
patients with type 1 diabetes and for patients with type 2 diabetes using insulin. There is much …

Background: Vitamin D deficiency has been described as being pandemic, but serum 25-hydroxyvitamin
D [25(OH)D] distribution data for the European Union are of very variable quality…

Context The evidence that measurement of the common carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT)
improves the risk scores in prediction of the absolute risk of cardiovascular events is …

Aims/hypothesis. The degree of glycaemia has been shown to be associated with all-cause
and cardiovascular mortality in diabetic subjects. Whether this association also exists in the …

… System units multiply creatinine in mg/dL by 88.4, urea in mg/dL by 0.357 and albumin in
g/dL by 10.) … Albumin 38.7±2.8 g/L per 1 g/L decrease 1.10 (1.10–1.18) 1.19 (1.08–1.32) …

Background— Different definitions of the metabolic syndrome have been proposed. Their
value in a clinical setting to assess cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk is still unclear. We …

… Nijpels G. Determinants for the progression from impaired glucose tolerance to non-insulin-…
Nijpels G. Determinants for the progression from impaired glucose tolerance to non-insulin-…

Objectives: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased cardiovascular risk, but
the magnitude of this risk is not known precisely. A study was undertaken to investigate the …