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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"fasting blood glucose"”.
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An audit of the prevalence of abnormal fasting blood glucose levels in patients presenting for elective surgery at a selection of Western Cape government hospitals
… for DM was done using fingerprick capillary blood glucose (CBG) testing. Patients found to have a CBG of ≥ 6.5 mmol/L had an HbA1c level done. DM was diagnosed based on the Society for Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa (SEMDSA) diagnostic criteria. Patients known with DM …
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Microalbuminuria and serum creatinine in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending renal clinic at university teaching hospital in Lusaka,Zambia
… between Micro-albuminuria, Serum Creatinine and fasting blood glucose in type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients attending Renal Clinic at University Teaching Hospital (UTH).This was an unmatched case control study involving 90 participants from UTH Renal Clinic. The cases included 45 type 2 …
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The Effects of a Multi-Component Wellness Program on Employee Biometrics
… healthcare costs. Using five risk factors (blood pressure, high density lipoprotein (HDL-C), triglycerides (TG), fasting blood glucose, and waist circumference) individuals with three or more risk factors are classified as having Metabolic Syndrome. Voluntary pre and post health screenings …
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ΣΥΣΧΕΤΙΣΕΙΣ ΤΙΜΩΝ ΑΙΜΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΝΗΣ Α1(HBA1) ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΛΑΠΛΩΝ ΠΡΟΣΔΙΟΡΙΣΜΩΝ ΓΛΥΚΟΖΗΣ ΑΙΜΑΤΟΣ ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΣΑΚΧΑΡΩΔΟΥΣ ΔΙΑΒΗΤΟΥ ΟΨΙΜΟΥ ΕΝΑΡΞΕΩΣ
… PATIENTS THE HBA1 VALUE WAS CORRELATED TO SERIAL FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE (FBS) VALUES DURING THE PREVIOUS AND FOLLOWING THE HBA1 DETERMINATION, 5 MONTH PERIOD. IT WAS FOUND THAT: A) IN GROUP A THERE WAS ONLY A POSSIBILITY SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION (P < 0,05) BETWEEN THE HBA1 AND THE FBS OF THE SAME …
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Association of Metabolic Syndrome and Smoking with Coronary Artery Calcification in Health Screen Examiness of men
… metabolic syndrome, abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, and high fasting blood glucose showed significant correlation. Furthermore, as more components of metabolic syndrome were found, distribution of coronary artery calcification also increased significantly. In order to determine a …
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Correlation Between Serum Bilirubin Level and Coronary Microvascular Integrity in Diabetic Patients
… patterns were measured after PCI. On admission, blood sample was acquired to evaluate the glucose level, glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and total bilirubin in patients without evidence of definitive liver disease. RESULTS: The mean values were fasting blood glucose level 209 ± 90mg/dL, HbA1c 8.3 …
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Sex differences in diet-induced regulation of non-exercise activity thermogenesis in overweight and obese adults
… (PAEE and step count), BMR, body mass, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and fasting blood glucose (BG) occurred on days 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29. Between day 15 and day 22, participants consumed a liquid diet formula equivalent to 50% of their total daily energy …
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Can low-dose lithium supplementation protect against sarcopenic obesity in ovariectomized mice?
… and OVX mice provided with Li supplementation. Glucose handling and insulin sensitivity were not affected by Li treatment, however, fasting blood glucose levels were improved with Li supplementation in OVX mice. OVX-Li mice had greater cage activity than OVX-con mice, which suggests improved …
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Impact of the American Diet on Newly-Arrived International Students during their first three months at Virginia Tech
… Tech in Fall 2010. Design: In this study weight, fasting blood glucose and blood pressure of 35 international students (age 18-36 years) were determined at three time points, 5-6 weeks apart. Participants filled out a 20-item-questionnaire addressing alteration in the native and American dietary …
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Grape Extracts for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Through Specific Inhibition of α-Glucosidase and Antioxidant Protection
… inhibitory activity in vitro and in vivo blood glucose control, oxidative stress, and inflammation associated with obesity-induced type 2 diabetes. Because intestinal α-glucosidase plays a key role in the digestion and absorption of complex carbohydrates, the inhibition of this enzyme is a …
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Metabolic Bioactivity of Athrixia phylicoides
… extract of Athrixia phylicoides to increase glucose uptake and utilization in myocytes, adipocytes and in Chang cells. It is therefore likely that this extract could also modulate glucose metabolism in insulin-resistant cells. This study investigated the effect of an aqueous A. phylicoides …
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Manipulating proglucagon processing in the pancreatic alpha-cell for the treatment of diabetes
… novel diabetes therapeutic due to its pleotropic blood glucose-lowering effects, including enhancement of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, inhibition of gastric emptying and glucagon secretion, and promotion of beta-cell survival and proliferation. GLP-1 is produced in the intestinal L-cell …
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Exploring the Importance of PREX Proteins in Glucose Homeostasis and Insulin Signalling
… the thermogenic capacity and insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in adipocytes, whereas PREX2 was reported to mediate glucose tolerance, possibly through its adaptor function as an inhibitor of the tumour suppressor PTEN. The aims of this project were to explore the importance of PREX proteins in …
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The Effects of the MOVE! Weight-management Program on Key Biomarkers in Veterans up to Two Years After Baseline
… determine the difference in mean hemoglobin A1c, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density lipoprotein (HDL) and triglyceride levels between the treatment and control group one year after baseline.<br /><strong>Statistical Analyses</strong> This …
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Essential Function of Ghrelin in Chronic Starvation
… of their body fat within the first 4 days. While fasting blood glucose levels declined at the same rate initially in WT and Goat –/– mice, levels in the WT mice stabilized at 58–76 mg/dL after 4 days of 60% calorie restriction. In contrast, fasting blood glucose levels in the calorie restricted …
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Blood glucose and plasma lipids of Zucker fatty and lean rats fed diets containing cornstarch and sucrose
… of diets high in sucrose and cornstarch on glucose and lipid metabolism in Zucker fatty and lean rats and Sprague-Dawley rats were investigated in the present study. Rats of each strain or genotype, 8 to 10 months of age, were fed diets containing 56% cornstarch or 57% sucrose for 4 weeks, …
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New roles of Rac-GEFs in Neutrophils and in Glucose Homeostasis
… systems, neutrophil adhesion/migration and glucose homeostasis. In the first part of my thesis, I investigated cytoskeletal dynamics controlled by the Rac-GEF Tiam1 in neutrophil adhesion/migration. We previously found a paradoxical increase in the adhesion of Tiam1–/– neutrophils …
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The prevalence and risk factors of diabetes mellitus among tuberculosis patients at Ubuntu clinic, Khayelitsha
… to assess the prevalence of DM and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and determine the risk factors associated with DM among TB patients. Methods: This cross sectional study forms part of a case control study that aimed to assess the association between DM and TB and the population …
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Oligomeric cocoa procyanidins possess enhanced bioactivity compared to monomeric and polymeric cocoa procyanidins for preventing the development of obesity, insulin resistance, and impaired glucose tolerance during high-fat feeding
… of obesity, insulin resistance and impaired glucose tolerance and to determine the impact that the size of these compounds has on the magnitude of this effect. Cocoa extract was fractionated into a monomer-, an oligomer-, and a polymer-rich fraction. Six groups (n=9) of C57BL/6J mice were fed …
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