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• Triantaffilos P. Didangelos,
• Georgios A. Arsos,
• Dimitrios T. Karamitsos,
• Vasilios G. Athyros,
• and Nikolaos D. Karatzas

Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function in Normotensive Type 1 Diabetic Patients With or Without Autonomic Neuropathy: A radionuclide ventriculography study

• Carol E. Greenwood,
• Randall J. Kaplan,
• Stacey Hebblethwaite,
• and David J.A. Jenkins

Carbohydrate-Induced Memory Impairment in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

• Arturo Jimenez-Cruz,
• Montserrat Bacardi-Gascon,
• Wilfred H. Turnbull,
• Perla Rosales-Garay,
• and Isis Severino-Lugo

A Flexible, Low-Glycemic Index Mexican-Style Diet in Overweight and Obese Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Improves Metabolic Parameters During a 6-Week Treatment Period

• Candyce H. Kroenke,
• Nain-Feng Chu,
• Nader Rifai,
• Donna Spiegelman,
• Susan E. Hankinson,
• JoAnn E. Manson,
• and Eric B. Rimm

A Cross-Sectional Study of Alcohol Consumption Patterns and Biologic Markers of Glycemic Control Among 459 Women

• Katriina Ylönen,
• Carola Saloranta,
• Carina Kronberg-Kippilä,
• Leif Groop,
• Antti Aro,
• and Suvi M. Virtanen

Associations of Dietary Fiber With Glucose Metabolism in Nondiabetic Relatives of Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes: The Botnia Dietary Study

• Nathalie de Rekeneire,
• Ronica N. Rooks,
• Eleanor M. Simonsick,
• Ronald I. Shorr,
• Lewis H. Kuller,
• Ann V. Schwartz,
• and Tamara B. Harris

Racial Differences in Glycemic Control in a Well-Functioning Older Diabetic Population: Findings from the Health, Aging and Body Composition study

• Chris Green,
• James F. Blanchard,
• T. Kue Young,
• and Jane Griffith

The Epidemiology of Diabetes in the Manitoba-Registered First Nation Population: Current patterns and comparative trends

• James P. Burke,
• Ken Williams,
• K.M. Venkat Narayan,
• Cynthia Leibson,
• Steven M. Haffner,
• and Michael P. Stern

A Population Perspective on Diabetes Prevention: Whom should we target for preventing weight gain?

• N. Wah Cheung and
• Karen Byth

Population Health Significance of Gestational Diabetes

• Linda A. Jaber,
• Morton B. Brown,
• Adnan Hammad,
• Qian Zhu,
• and William H. Herman

Lack of Acculturation Is a Risk Factor for Diabetes in Arab Immigrants in the U.S.

• Makoto Daimon,
• Toshihide Oizumi,
• Tamotsu Saitoh,
• Wataru Kameda,
• Akihiko Hirata,
• Hiroshi Yamaguchi,
• Hiroshi Ohnuma,
• Masahiko Igarashi,
• Makoto Tominaga,
• and Takeo Kato

Decreased Serum Levels of Adiponectin Are a Risk Factor for the Progression to Type 2 Diabetes in the Japanese Population: The Funagata study

• Carlos A. Aguilar-Salinas,
• Oscar Velazquez Monroy,
• Francisco J. Gómez-Pérez,
• Antonio Gonzalez Chávez,
• Agustin Lara Esqueda,
• Virginia Molina Cuevas,
• Juan A. Rull-Rodrigo,
• and Roberto Tapia Conyer

Characteristics of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in México: Results from a large population-based nationwide survey

• Carol Homko,
• Antonio Deluzio,
• Carolyn Jimenez,
• Jerzy W. Kolaczynski,
• and Guenther Boden

Comparison of Insulin Aspart and Lispro: Pharmacokinetic and metabolic effects

• Dawn E. Clancy,
• Dennis W. Cope,
• Kathryn Marley Magruder,
• Peng Huang,
• and Tamara E. Wolfman

Evaluating Concordance to American Diabetes Association Standards of Care for Type 2 Diabetes Through Group Visits in an Uninsured or Inadequately Insured Patient Population

• Keiko Asao,
• Cinzia Sarti,
• Tom Forsen,
• Valma Hyttinen,
• Rimei Nishimura,
• Masato Matsushima,
• Antti Reunanen,
• Jaakko Tuomilehto,
• and Naoko Tajima

Long-Term Mortality in Nationwide Cohorts of Childhood-Onset Type 1 Diabetes in Japan and Finland

• Tim Wysocki,
• Michael A. Harris,
• Karen Wilkinson,
• Michelle Sadler,
• Nelly Mauras,
• and Neil H. White

Self-Management Competence as a Predictor of Outcomes of Intensive Therapy or Usual Care in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes

• Ana Maria Wägner,
• Antonio Pérez,
• Edgar Zapico,
• and Jordi Ordóñez-Llanos

Non-HDL Cholesterol and Apolipoprotein B in the Dyslipidemic Classification of Type 2 Diabetic Patients

• Yiling J. Cheng,
• Michael S. Lauer,
• Conrad P. Earnest,
• Timothy S. Church,
• James B. Kampert,
• Larry W. Gibbons,
• and Steven N. Blair

Heart Rate Recovery Following Maximal Exercise Testing as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality in Men With Diabetes

• Karin M. Nelson and
• Edward J. Boyko

Predicting Impaired Glucose Tolerance Using Common Clinical Information: Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

• Philip Raskin,
• Leslie Klaff,
• Janet McGill,
• Stephen A. South,
• Priscilla Hollander,
• Naum Khutoryansky,
• and Paula M. Hale

Efficacy and Safety of Combination Therapy: Repaglinide plus metformin versus nateglinide plus metformin

• Victoria Epshteyn,
• Katherine Morrison,
• Padma Krishnaswamy,
• Radmila Kazanegra,
• Paul Clopton,
• Sunder Mudaliar,
• Steven Edelman,
• Robert Henry,
• and Alan Maisel

Utility of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) as a Screen for Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients With Diabetes

• Patricia Iozzo,
• Kirsti Hallsten,
• Vesa Oikonen,
• Kirsi A. Virtanen,
• Riitta Parkkola,
• Jukka Kemppainen,
• Olof Solin,
• Fredrik Lonnqvist,
• Ele Ferrannini,
• Juhani Knuuti,
• and Pirjo Nuutila

Effects of Metformin and Rosiglitazone Monotherapy on Insulin-Mediated Hepatic Glucose Uptake and Their Relation to Visceral Fat in Type 2 Diabetes

• Stefano Del Prato,
• Robert J. Heine,
• Leonard Keilson,
• Christiane Guitard,
• Sharon G. Shen,
• and Rebecca P. Emmons

Treatment of Patients Over 64 Years of Age With Type 2 Diabetes: Experience from nateglinide pooled database retrospective analysis

• Katharine R. Owen,
• Amanda Stride,
• Sian Ellard,
• and Andrew T. Hattersley

Etiological Investigation of Diabetes in Young Adults Presenting With Apparent Type 2 Diabetes

• Marc J. Weigensberg,
• Martha L. Cruz,
• and Michael I. Goran

Association Between Insulin Sensitivity and Post-Glucose Challenge Plasma Insulin Values in Overweight Latino Youth

• Andrew John Karter,
• David H. Thom,
• Jennifer Liu,
• Howard H. Moffet,
• Assiamira Ferrara,
• and Joe V. Selby

Use of Antibiotics Is Not Associated With Decreased Risk of Myocardial Infarction Among Patients With Diabetes

• Ingrid Östlund,
• Ulf Hanson,
• Anders Björklund,
• Ragnhild Hjertberg,
• Nord Eva,
• Elisabeth Nordlander,
• Swahn Marja-Liisa,
• and Jan Wager

Maternal and Fetal Outcomes if Gestational Impaired Glucose Tolerance Is Not Treated

• Gianluca Perseghin,
• Andrea Caumo,
• Cinzia Arcelloni,
• Stefano Benedini,
• Roberto Lanzi,
• Emanuela Pagliato,
• Lucia Piceni Sereni,
• Giulio Testolin,
• Alberto Battezzati,
• Giancarlo Comi,
• Mauro Comola,
• and Livio Luzi

Contribution of Abnormal Insulin Secretion and Insulin Resistance to the Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes in Myotonic Dystrophy

• Osama Hamdy,
• Sarah Ledbury,
• Cathy Mullooly,
• Catherine Jarema,
• Satoko Porter,
• Kerry Ovalle,
• Amr Moussa,
• Antonella Caselli,
• A. Enrique Caballero,
• Panayiotis A. Economides,
• Aristidis Veves,
• and Edward S. Horton

Lifestyle Modification Improves Endothelial Function in Obese Subjects With the Insulin Resistance Syndrome

• Claus Thamer,
• Michael Stumvoll,
• Andreas Niess,
• Otto Tschritter,
• Michael Haap,
• Regine Becker,
• Fatemeh Shirkavand,
• Oliver Bachmann,
• Kristian Rett,
• Annette Volk,
• Hans Häring,
• and Andreas Fritsche

Reduced Skeletal Muscle Oxygen Uptake and Reduced β-Cell Function: Two early abnormalities in normal glucose-tolerant offspring of patients with type 2 diabetes

• James D. Cameron,
• Christopher J. Bulpitt,
• Elisabete S. Pinto,
• and Chakravarthi Rajkumar

The Aging of Elastic and Muscular Arteries: A comparison of diabetic and nondiabetic subjects

• Sushil K. Jain,
• Krishnaswamy Kannan,
• Gideon Lim,
• Janice Matthews-Greer,
• Robert McVie,
• and Joseph A. Bocchini, Jr

Elevated Blood Interleukin-6 Levels in Hyperketonemic Type 1 Diabetic Patients and Secretion by Acetoacetate-Treated Cultured U937 Monocytes

• Chankramath S. Arun,
• James Stoddart,
• Paul Mackin,
• Jean M. MacLeod,
• John P. New,
• and Sally M. Marshall

Significance of Microalbuminuria in Long-Duration Type 1 Diabetes

• Graziella Bruno,
• Franco Merletti,
• Annibale Biggeri,
• Giuseppe Bargero,
• Stefania Ferrero,
• Gianfranco Pagano,
• and Paolo Cavallo Perin

Progression to Overt Nephropathy in Type 2 Diabetes: The Casale Monferrato Study

• David E. Laaksonen,
• Hanna-Maaria Lakka,
• John Lynch,
• Timo A. Lakka,
• Leo Niskanen,
• Rainer Rauramaa,
• Jukka T. Salonen,
• and Jussi Kauhanen

Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Vigorous Leisure-Time Physical Activity Modify the Association of Small Size at Birth With the Metabolic Syndrome

• Miranda T. Schram,
• Nish Chaturvedi,
• Casper Schalkwijk,
• Francesco Giorgino,
• Pertti Ebeling,
• John H. Fuller,
• and Coen D. Stehouwer

Vascular Risk Factors and Markers of Endothelial Function as Determinants of Inflammatory Markers in Type 1 Diabetes: The EURODIAB Prospective Complications Study

• Giris Jacob,
• Fernando Costa,
• and Italo Biaggioni

Spectrum of Autonomic Cardiovascular Neuropathy in Diabetes

• John A. Colwell and
• Richard W. Nesto

The Platelet in Diabetes: Focus on prevention of ischemic events

• Andrew John Karter

Race and Ethnicity: Vital constructs for diabetes research

• American Diabetes Association

Management of Dyslipidemia in Children and Adolescents With Diabetes

• Zachary T. Bloomgarden

Fat Metabolism and Diabetes: 2003 American Diabetes Association Postgraduate Course

• Barbara J. Anderson

Who Benefits From Intensive Therapy in Type 1 Diabetes?: A fresh perspective, more questions, and hope

• Allan D. Sniderman

Non-HDL Cholesterol Versus Apolipoprotein B in Diabetic Dyslipoproteinemia: Alternatives and surrogates versus the real thing

• Sandra L. Upchurch,
• Christine A. Brosnan,
• Janet C. Meininger,
• Doris E. Wright,
• Jill A. Campbell,
• Siripoom V. McKay,
• and Barbara Schreiner

Characteristics of 98 Children and Adolescents Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes by Their Health Care Provider at Initial Presentation

• Barnabás Rózsai,
• Éva Lányi,
• and Gyula Soltész

Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Leukocyturia in Type 1 Diabetic Children and Young Adults

• Sonoko Anazawa,
• Yoshihito Atsumi,
• and Kempei Matsuoka

Low Birth Weight and Development of Type 2 Diabetes in a Japanese Population

• Aramesh Saremi,
• Marshall Tulloch-Reid,
• and William C. Knowler

Coffee Consumption and the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes

• Chittaranjan S. Yajnik,
• Kishore M. Shelgikar,
• Sadanand S. Naik,
• Mehmood G. Sayyad,
• Kondiram N. Raut,
• Dattatraya S. Bhat,
• Jyoti A. Deshpande,
• Shailaja D. Kale,
• and Derek Hockaday

Impairment of Glucose Tolerance Over 10 Years in Middle-Aged Normal Glucose Tolerant Indians

• Katalin Keresztes,
• Ildiko Istenes,
• Zsolt Hermányi,
• Peter Vargha,
• Istvan Barna,
• and Peter Kempler

Risk Factors of Autonomic and Sensory Nerve Dysfunction in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes

• Roberto Gambino,
• Sara Giunti,
• Barbara Uberti,
• Paolo Cavallo Perin,
• Gianfranco Pagano,
• and Maurizio Cassader

LDL Electronegativity Is Enhanced in Type 1 Diabetes

• Shoichiro Nagasaka,
• Ataru Taniguchi,
• Yoshitaka Aiso,
• Toshimitsu Yatagai,
• Tomoatsu Nakamura,
• Yoshikatsu Nakai,
• Mitsuo Fukushima,
• Akira Kuroe,
• and Shun Ishibashi

Effect of Glimepiride on Serum Adiponectin Level in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

• Karine-Noelle Durand-Gonzalez,
• Nicolas Guillausseau,
• Catherine Pecquet,
• and Jean-Pierre Gayno

Glargine Insulin Is Not an Alternative in Insulin Allergy

• Noriko Maruyama,
• Yutaka Yano,
• Esteban C. Gabazza,
• Rika Araki,
• Akira Katsuki,
• Yasuko Hori,
• Kaname Nakatani,
• Yasuhiro Sumida,
• and Yukihiko Adachi

Association Between Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Glu298Asp Polymorphism and Postchallenge Insulin Levels in Nondiabetic Japanese Subjects

• Hung-Yuan Li,
• Wei-Shiung Yang,
• Tong-Yuan Tai,
• and Lee-Ming Chuang

A Diabetic Subject With MELAS and Antiphospholipid Syndrome

• Kaori Inoue,
• Hiroshi Ikegami,
• Tomomi Fujisawa,
• Yumiko Kawabata,
• Maki Shintani,
• Koji Nijima,
• Ono Masaya,
• Masanori Nishino,
• Michiko Itoi-babaya,
• Naru Babaya,
• and Toshio Ogihara

High Degree of Mitochondrial 3243 Mutation in Gastric Biopsy Specimen in a Patient With MELAS and Diabetes Complicated by Marked Gastrointestinal Abnormalities

• Iiona Rjasanowski,
• Ingrid Költing,
• and Wolfgang Kerner

Frequency of Diabetes Transmission From Two Type 1 Diabetic Parents to Their Children

• Kathleen M. Colleran,
• Brian Starr,
• and Mark R. Burge

Putting Diabetes to the Test: Analyzing glycemic control based on patients’ diabetes knowledge

• David Simmons,
• Colin F. Thompson,
• and Michael M. Engelgau

Ethnic Differences in Diabetes Symptoms Among People Without Known Diabetes in New Zealand

• Ketan Dhatariya

Hyperglycemia After Myocardial Infarction

• Paresh Dandona,
• Ahmad Aljada,
• and Arindam Bandyopadhyay

Hyperglycemia After Myocardial Infarction: Response to Dhatariya

• Michiaki Fukui,
• Yoshihiro Kitagawa,
• Naoto Nakamura,
• and Toshikazu Yoshikawa

Clinical and Genetic Heterogeneity of Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults

• Nóra Hosszúfalusi and
• Pál Pánczél

Clinical and Genetic Heterogeneity of Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults: Response to Fukui et al.

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