Higher blood pressure in normoalbuminuric type 1 diabetic patients with a familial history of type 2 diabetes

Background: To adress whether type 1 diabetic patients with type 2 diabetic first degree relatives are different from others in terms of cardiovascular risk factors, insulin resistance and daily insulin dosage

The role of coping with disease in adherence to treatment regimen and disease control in type 1 and insulin treated type 2 diabetes mellitus

Background: Coping is defined as the behavioral and cognitive efforts used in an attempt to deal with stressful events. The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between coping with diabetes and the following outcome variables in type I and insulin treated type 2 diabetes mellitus: glycemic control, microangiopathic complications, adherence to self monitoring of blood glucose, adherence to insulin injections, and adherence to diet

Dismissing attachment and outcome in diabetes: The mediating role of coping

In this study, the hypotheses that state that dismissing attachment is associated with negative outcomes when facing a chronic illness, and that these associations are mediated by coping were tested. Self-report questionnaires were completed by 89 insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients attending a public clinic in Turkey. Dismissing attachment was found to be associated with poor adjustment to diabetes, poor adherence to blood tests, and poor adherence to insulin injections. In addition to being related to those outcome measures, dismissing attachment was associated with the coping strategies of avoidance and passive resignation, but not with tackling spirit (an active role taking approach to managing the desease with an optimistic attitude). Associations between dismissing attachment and the outcomes were found to be mediated-by avoidance and passive resignation

Increased intestinal permeability as a cause of fluctuating postprandial blood glucose levels in Type 1 diabetic patients

Background In diabetic patients, postprandial glucose levels, which have a major impact on metabolic control, are determined by the rate of nutrient delivery into the intestine, absorption of nutrients from the small intestine, and the metabolism of the absorbed nutrients by the liver. The present study addresses whether Type 1 diabetic patients have increased intestinal permeability and intestinal permeability predicts postprandial glucose variability