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Editorials

- Charles M Clark Jr
How Should We Respond to the Worldwide Diabetes Epidemic?
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:475-476; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.475
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Original Articles

Clinical Care/Education/Nutrition

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- Matti J Tikkanen,
- Markku Laakso,
- Marja Ilmonen,
- Eero Helve,
- Esko Kaarsalo,
- Esa Kilkki,
- Juha Saltevo,
- and The Study Group
Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia and Combined Hyperlipidemia With Simvastatin and Gemfibrozil in Patients With NIPPM: A multicenter comparison study
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:477-481; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.477
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- Katsunobu Yoshioka,
- Masahito Imanishi,
- Yoshio Konishi,
- Toshihiko Sato,
- Shiro Tanaka,
- Genjiro Kimura,
- and Satoru Fujii
Glomerular Charge and Size Selectivity Assessed by Changes in Salt Intake in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:482-486; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.482
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- Anne-Cécile Desfaits,
- Omar Serri,
- and Geneviève Renier
Normalization of Plasma Lipid Peroxides, Monocyte Adhesion, and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Production in NIDDM Patients After Gliclazide Treatment
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:487-493; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.487
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- Cylla E Friedberg,
- Martien J F M Janssen,
- Robert J Heine,
- and Diederick E Grobbee
Fish Oil and Glycemic Control in Diabetes: A meta-analysis
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:494-500; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.494
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- Imad M El-Kebbi,
- David C Ziemer,
- Daniel L Gallina,
- and Lawrence S Phillips
Diabetes in Urban African-Americans. VI. Utility of Fasting or Random Glucose in Identifying Poor Glycemic Control
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:501-505; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.501
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- Gil Yosipovitch,
- Emmilia Hodak,
- Pnina Vardi,
- Ilana Shraga,
- Moshe Karp,
- Eliott Sprecher,
- and Michael David
The Prevalence of Cutaneous Manifestations in IDDM Patients and Their Association With Diabetes Risk Factors and Microvascular Complications
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:506-509; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.506
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- Lily Agrawal,
- Nicholas V Emanuele,
- Carlos Abraira,
- William G Henderson,
- Seymour R Levin,
- Clark T Sawin,
- Cynthia K Silbert,
- Frank Q Nuttall,
- John P Comstock,
- John A Colwell,
- and VA CSDM Group
Ethnic Differences in the Glycemic Response to Exogenous Insulin Treatment in the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (VA CSDM)
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:510-515; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.510
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- Mototaka Yoshinari,
- Masanori Wakisaka,
- and Masatoshi Fujishima
Serum Leptin Levels in Smokers With Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:516-517; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.516
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Epidemiology/Health Services/Psychosocial Research

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- Maureen I Harris,
- Katherine M Flegal,
- Catherine C Cowie,
- Mark S Eberhardt,
- David E Goldstein,
- Randie R Little,
- Hsiao-Mei Wiedmeyer,
- and Danita D Byrd-Holt
Prevalence of Diabetes, Impaired Fasting Glucose, and Impaired Glucose Tolerance in U.S. Adults: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:518-524; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.518
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- Ze Yang,
- Kean Wang,
- Tianlin Li,
- Wei Sun,
- Yurui Li,
- Yue-Fang Chang,
- Janice S Dorman,
- and Ronald E LaPorte
Childhood Diabetes in China: Enormous variation by place and ethnic group
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:525-529; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.525
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- Joong-Yeol Park,
- Hong-Kyu Kim,
- Yun E Chung,
- Sang W Kim,
- Sung K Hong,
- and Ki-Up Lee
Incidence and Determinants of Microalbuminuria in Koreans With Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:530-534; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.530
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- Ann E Gold,
- Rena Reilly,
- Jill Little,
- and James D Walker
The Effect of Glycemic Control in the Pre-Conception Period and Early Pregnancy on Birth Weight in Women With IDDM
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:535-538; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.535
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- Annika M Adlerberth,
- Annika Rosengren,
- and Lars Wilhelmsen
Diabetes and Long-Term Risk of Mortality From Coronary and Other Causes in Middle-Aged Swedish Men: A general population study
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:539-545; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.539
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- Bo Berger,
- Gunnar Stenström,
- Yue-Fang Chang,
- and Göran Sundkvist
The Prevalence of Diabetes in a Swedish Population of 280,411 Inhabitants: A report from the Skaraborg Diabetes Registry
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:546-548; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.546
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- Andrew Grandinetti,
- Healani K Chang,
- Marjorie K Mau,
- J David Curb,
- Everett K Kinney,
- Rebecca Sagum,
- and Richard F Arakaki
Prevalence of Glucose Intolerance Among Native Hawaiians in Two Rural Communities
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:549-554; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.549
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- Sherman A James,
- Lama Jamjoum,
- T E Raghunathan,
- David S Strogatz,
- Eugene D Furth,
- and Prabhaker G Khazanie
Physical Activity and NIDDM in African-Americans: The Pitt County Study
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:555-562; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.555
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- Sven O K Ebbesson,
- Cynthia D Schraer,
- Patricia M Risica,
- Amanda I Adler,
- Lars Ebbesson,
- Ann Marie Mayer,
- Eugene V Shubnikof,
- Jeunliang Yeh,
- Oskar T Go,
- and David C Robbins
Diabetes and Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Three Alaskan Eskimo Populations: The Alaska-Siberia Project
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:563-569; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.563
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Emerging Treatments and Technologies

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- Guntram Schernthaner,
- Wolfgang Wein,
- Klaudia Sandholzer,
- Susanna Equiluz-Bruck,
- Peter C Bates,
- and Martin A Birkett
Postprandial Insulin Lispro: A new therapeutic option for type 1 diabetic patients
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:570-573; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.570
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- Carlos Abraira,
- William G Henderson,
- John A Colwell,
- Frank Q Nuttall,
- John P Comstock,
- Nicholas V Emanuele,
- Seymour R Levin,
- Clark T Sawin,
- Cynthia K Silbert,
- and VA CSDM Group
Response to Intensive Therapy Steps and to Glipizide Dose in Combination With Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes: VA feasibility study on glycemic control and complications (VA CSDM)
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:574-579; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.574
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- Andreas Schindl,
- Martin Schindl,
- Heidemarie Schön,
- Robert Knobler,
- Liselotte Havelec,
- and Liesbeth Schindl
Low-Intensity Laser Irradiation Improves Skin Circulation in Patients With Diabetic Microangiopathy
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:580-584; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.580
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- Gernot A Brunner,
- Martin Ellmerer,
- Gerald Sendlhofer,
- Andrea Wutte,
- Zlatko Trajanoski,
- Lukas Schaupp,
- Franz Quehenberger,
- Paul Wach,
- Guenter J Krejs,
- and Thomas R Pieber
Validation of Home Blood Glucose Meters With Respect to Clinical and Analytical Approaches
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:585-590; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.585
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- Luigi F Meneghini,
- A Michael Albisser,
- Ronald B Goldberg,
- and Daniel H Mintz
An Electronic Case Manager for Diabetes Control
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:591-596; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.591
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Pathophysiology/Complications

Reviews/Commentaries/Position Statements

Commentary

- Robert M Califf and
- Christopher B Granger
Hypertension and Diabetes and the Fosinopril Versus Amlodipine Cardiovascular Events Trial (FACET): More ammunition against surrogate end points
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:655-657; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.655
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Perspectives on the News

- Zachary T Bloomgarden
International Diabetes Federation Meeting, 1997, and Metropolitan Diabetes Society of New York Meeting, November 1997: Approaches to treatment and other topics in type 1 diabetes; Genetic heterogeneity of diabetes
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:658-665; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.658
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Letters

- A Ramachandran,
- C Snehalatha,
- E Latha,
- and V Vijay
Evaluation of the Use of Fasting Plasma Glucose as a New Diagnostic Criterion for Diabetes in Asian Indian Population
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:666-667; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.666
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- Thomas M S Wolever
Assessing the Antihyperglycemic Effect of Acarbose: Solid or liquid test meal?
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:667-668; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.667
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- Nicholas J Wareham,
- Robert Swinn,
- Mark S Fineman,
- Joy E Koda,
- Kevin Taylor,
- Desmond E M Williams,
- and Stephen O'Rahilly
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Is Associated With an Increase in the Total Concentration of Amylin Molecules
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:668-669; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.668
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- Carlos Abraira,
- John A Colwell,
- Frank Nuttall,
- Nicholas Emanuele,
- John Comstock,
- Seymour Levin,
- Clark Sawin,
- and Cynthia Silbert
A Critical Issue: Intensive insulin treatment and macrovascular disease
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:669-671; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.669
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- Reinhard W Holl,
- Christian Buck,
- Holger Cario,
- Anna Wolf,
- Angelika Thon,
- Elisabeth Kohne,
- and Klaus-Michael Debatin
Diagnosis of Diabetes in Cystic Fibrosis and Thalassemia Major
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:671-672; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.671
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- Ritsuko Hayashi,
- Nobuki Hayakawa,
- Masaki Makino,
- Mutsuko Nagata,
- Hiroaki Kakizawa,
- Keiko Uchimura,
- Michiko Hamada,
- Toshihiro Aono,
- Takasi Fujita,
- Rikio Shinohara,
- Akio Nagasaka,
- and Mitsuyasu Itoh
Changes in Erythrocyte Sorbitol Concentrations Measured Using an Improved Assay System in Patients With Diabetic Complications and Treated With Aldose Reductase Inhibitor
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:672-673; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.672
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- Michiaki Fukui,
- Naoto Nakamura,
- Koji Nakano,
- Manabu Sawada,
- Osamu Aoji,
- Hiroshi Obayashi,
- Hirofumi Shigeta,
- and Motoharu Kondo
Antibodies to GAD in Elderly Patients With Previously Diagnosed NIDDM
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:675-676; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.675
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- Shin Amemiya
Constant Infused Glucose Regimen During the Recovery Phase of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Children and Adolescents With IDDM
Diabetes Care April 1998 21:676-677; doi:10.2337/diacare.21.4.676
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Diabetes Care

Editorials

How Should We Respond to the Worldwide Diabetes Epidemic?

Original Articles

Clinical Care/Education/Nutrition

Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia and Combined Hyperlipidemia With Simvastatin and Gemfibrozil in Patients With NIPPM: A multicenter comparison study

Glomerular Charge and Size Selectivity Assessed by Changes in Salt Intake in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Normalization of Plasma Lipid Peroxides, Monocyte Adhesion, and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Production in NIDDM Patients After Gliclazide Treatment

Fish Oil and Glycemic Control in Diabetes: A meta-analysis

Diabetes in Urban African-Americans. VI. Utility of Fasting or Random Glucose in Identifying Poor Glycemic Control

The Prevalence of Cutaneous Manifestations in IDDM Patients and Their Association With Diabetes Risk Factors and Microvascular Complications

Ethnic Differences in the Glycemic Response to Exogenous Insulin Treatment in the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (VA CSDM)

Serum Leptin Levels in Smokers With Type 2 Diabetes

Epidemiology/Health Services/Psychosocial Research

Prevalence of Diabetes, Impaired Fasting Glucose, and Impaired Glucose Tolerance in U.S. Adults: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994

Childhood Diabetes in China: Enormous variation by place and ethnic group

Incidence and Determinants of Microalbuminuria in Koreans With Type 2 Diabetes

The Effect of Glycemic Control in the Pre-Conception Period and Early Pregnancy on Birth Weight in Women With IDDM

Diabetes and Long-Term Risk of Mortality From Coronary and Other Causes in Middle-Aged Swedish Men: A general population study

The Prevalence of Diabetes in a Swedish Population of 280,411 Inhabitants: A report from the Skaraborg Diabetes Registry

Prevalence of Glucose Intolerance Among Native Hawaiians in Two Rural Communities

Physical Activity and NIDDM in African-Americans: The Pitt County Study

Diabetes and Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Three Alaskan Eskimo Populations: The Alaska-Siberia Project

Emerging Treatments and Technologies

Postprandial Insulin Lispro: A new therapeutic option for type 1 diabetic patients

Response to Intensive Therapy Steps and to Glipizide Dose in Combination With Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes: VA feasibility study on glycemic control and complications (VA CSDM)

Low-Intensity Laser Irradiation Improves Skin Circulation in Patients With Diabetic Microangiopathy

Validation of Home Blood Glucose Meters With Respect to Clinical and Analytical Approaches

An Electronic Case Manager for Diabetes Control

Pathophysiology/Complications

Outcome Results of the Fosinopril Versus Amlodipine Cardiovascular Events Randomized Trial (FACET) in Patients With Hypertension and NIDDM

Muscular Endurance in Long-Term IDDM Patients

The Association Between a Family History of Type 2 Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease in a Type 1 Diabetes Population

Ratio of Motor Nerve Conduction Velocity to F-Wave Conduction Velocity in Diabetic Neuropathy

Relationship Between Serum 1,5-Anhydroglucitol and Urinary Excretion of N-Acetylalucosaminidase and Albumin Determined at Onset of NIDDM With 3-Year Follow-up

Angiographic Evaluation of Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease and Its Role as a Prognostic Determinant for Major Amputation in Diabetic Subjects With Foot Ulcers

Effects of Perindopril and Carvedilol on Endothelium-Dependent Vascular Functions in Patients With Diabetes and Hypertension

Arrhythmias and Mortality After Myocardial Infarction in Diabetic Patients: Relationship to diabetes treatment

Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes: A double-blind placebo-controlled study of bezafibrate: the St. Mary's, Ealing, Northwick Park Diabetes Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (SENDCAP) Study

Plasma Fibrinogen: A New Factor of the Metabolic Syndrome: A population-based study

Reviews/Commentaries/Position Statements

Commentary

Hypertension and Diabetes and the Fosinopril Versus Amlodipine Cardiovascular Events Trial (FACET): More ammunition against surrogate end points

Perspectives on the News

International Diabetes Federation Meeting, 1997, and Metropolitan Diabetes Society of New York Meeting, November 1997: Approaches to treatment and other topics in type 1 diabetes; Genetic heterogeneity of diabetes

Letters

Evaluation of the Use of Fasting Plasma Glucose as a New Diagnostic Criterion for Diabetes in Asian Indian Population

Assessing the Antihyperglycemic Effect of Acarbose: Solid or liquid test meal?

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Is Associated With an Increase in the Total Concentration of Amylin Molecules

A Critical Issue: Intensive insulin treatment and macrovascular disease

Diagnosis of Diabetes in Cystic Fibrosis and Thalassemia Major

Changes in Erythrocyte Sorbitol Concentrations Measured Using an Improved Assay System in Patients With Diabetic Complications and Treated With Aldose Reductase Inhibitor

Antibodies to GAD in Elderly Patients With Previously Diagnosed NIDDM

Constant Infused Glucose Regimen During the Recovery Phase of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Children and Adolescents With IDDM

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