Original Research:

   Clinical Care/Education/Nutrition:

Lowering of LDL Cholesterol Rather Than Moderate Weight Loss Improves Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilatation in Obese Women With Previous Gestational Diabetes

Robert Bergholm, Mirja Tiikkainen, Satu Vehkavaara, Marjo Tamminen, Kari Teramo, Aila Rissanen, and Hannele Yki-Järvinen
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1667-1672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Weight Loss in Combination With Physical Activity Improves Endothelial Dysfunction in Human Obesity

Angela Sciacqua, Mafalda Candigliota, Roberto Ceravolo, Angela Scozzafava, Flora Sinopoli, Andrea Corsonello, Giorgio Sesti, and Francesco Perticone
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1673-1678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Motivational Brochures Increase the Number of Medicare-Eligible Persons With Diabetes Making Therapeutic Footwear Claims

Joseph W. LeMaster, Jonathan R. Sugarman, Greg Baumgardner, and Gayle E. Reiber
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1679-1684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Addition of Nateglinide to Rosiglitazone Monotherapy Suppresses Mealtime Hyperglycemia and Improves Overall Glycemic Control

Vivian Fonseca, George Grunberger, Shamita Gupta, Sharon Shen, and James E. Foley
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1685-1690. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluation of the Impact of Chiropodist Care in the Secondary Prevention of Foot Ulcerations in Diabetic Subjects

Johannes Plank, Waltraud Haas, Ivo Rakovac, Evelyn Görzer, Romana Sommer, Andrea Siebenhofer, and Thomas R. Pieber
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1691-1695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surrogate End Points for the Treatment of Diabetic Neuropathic Foot Ulcers

David J. Margolis, Joel M. Gelfand, Ole Hoffstad, and Jesse A. Berlin
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1696-1700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Efficacy and Safety of Dermagraft in Improving the Healing of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Results of a prospective randomized trial

William A. Marston, Jason Hanft, Paul Norwood, and Richard Pollak
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1701-1705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Changes in Aerobic Capacity and Visceral Fat but not Myocyte Lipid Levels Predict Increased Insulin Action After Exercise in Overweight and Obese Men

Seng Khee Gan, Adamandia D. Kriketos, Bronwyn A. Ellis, Campbell H. Thompson, Edward W. Kraegen, and Donald J. Chisholm
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1706-1713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antihyperglycemic Effect of Oolong Tea in Type 2 Diabetes

Kazuaki Hosoda, Ming-Fu Wang, Mei-Ling Liao, Chin-Kuang Chuang, Miyuki Iha, Beverly Clevidence, and Shigeru Yamamoto
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1714-1718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Simple Meal Plan Emphasizing Healthy Food Choices Is as Effective as an Exchange-Based Meal Plan for Urban African Americans With Type 2 Diabetes

David C. Ziemer, Kathy J. Berkowitz, Rita M. Panayioto, Imad M. El-Kebbi, Victoria C. Musey, Lynda A. Anderson, Nancy S. Wanko, Margaret L. Fowke, Carol W. Brazier, Virginia G. Dunbar, Wrenn Slocum, Gael M. Bacha, Daniel L. Gallina, Curtiss B. Cook, and Lawrence S. Phillips
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1719-1724. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Two-Hour Insulin Determination Improves the Ability of Abdominal Fat Measurement to Identify Risk for the Metabolic Syndrome

Fernando F. Ribeiro-Filho, Alessandra N. Faria, Narcia E.B. Kohlmann, Maria-Teresa Zanella, and Sandra R.G. Ferreira
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1725-1730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Epidemiology/Health Services/Psychosocial Research:

The Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Diabetic Retinopathy in the Australian Population

Robyn J. Tapp, Jonathan E. Shaw, C. Alex Harper, Maximilian P. de Courten, Beverley Balkau, Daniel J. McCarty, Hugh R. Taylor, Timothy A. Welborn, and Paul Z. Zimmet
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1731-1737. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Breakfast, Dinner, or Bedtime Administration of Insulin Glargine in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes

Andreas Hamann, Stephan Matthaei, Christoph Rosak, and Louise Silvestre
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1738-1744. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inflammatory Markers, Adiponectin, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the Pima Indian

Jonathan Krakoff, Tohru Funahashi, Coen D.A. Stehouwer, Casper G. Schalkwijk, Sachiyo Tanaka, Yuji Matsuzawa, Sayuko Kobes, P. Antonio Tataranni, Robert L. Hanson, William C. Knowler, and Robert S. Lindsay
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1745-1751. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Type 2 Diabetes and Subsequent Incidence of Breast Cancer in the Nurses’ Health Study

Karin B. Michels, Caren G. Solomon, Frank B. Hu, Bernard A. Rosner, Susan E. Hankinson, Graham A. Colditz, and JoAnn E. Manson
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1752-1758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intensified Blood Glucose Monitoring Improves Glycemic Control in Stable, Insulin-Treated Veterans With Type 2 Diabetes: The Diabetes Outcomes in Veterans Study (DOVES)

Glen H. Murata, Jayendra H. Shah, Richard M. Hoffman, Christopher S. Wendel, Karen D. Adam, Patricia A. Solvas, Syed U. Bokhari, and William C. Duckworth
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1759-1763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Reduced Flow Volume in Lower Extremities With Normal Ankle-Brachial Index in Japanese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Eiji Suzuki, Katsuya Egawa, Yoshihiko Nishio, Hiroshi Maegawa, Masanobu Tsuchiya, Masakazu Haneda, Hitoshi Yasuda, Shigehiro Morikawa, Toshiro Inubushi, and Atsunori Kashiwagi
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1764-1769. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Age- and Sex-Specific Prevalence of Diabetes and Impaired Glucose Regulation in 11 Asian Cohorts

the DECODA Study Group
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1770-1780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Data Supplement  

Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among Omani Adults

Jawad A. Al-Lawati, Ali J. Mohammed, Halima Q. Al-Hinai, and Pekka Jousilahti
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1781-1785. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

High Incidence of Childhood Type 1 Diabetes in Liguria, Italy, From 1989 to 1998

Mario Cotellessa, Paola Barbieri, Massimo Mazzella, Stefano Bonassi, Laura Minicucci, and Renata Lorini
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1786-1789. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Health Care Costs of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in the U.S.

Adam Gordois, Paul Scuffham, Arran Shearer, Alan Oglesby, and Janet Ash Tobian
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1790-1795. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cost Effectiveness of Statin Therapy for the Primary Prevention of Major Coronary Events in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes

Michael Brandle, Mayer B. Davidson, David L. Schriger, Brett Lorber, and William H. Herman
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1796-1801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treating Hypertension in Diabetic Nephropathy

Jeremy W. Tomlinson, Katharine R. Owen, and Colin F. Close
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1802-1805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Identification and Management of Diabetic Nephropathy in the Diabetes Clinic

Kathrine J. Craig, Kieron Donovan, Margaret Munnery, David R. Owens, John D. Williams, and Aled O. Phillips
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1806-1811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steroids in Adult Men With Type 1 Diabetes: A tendency to hypogonadism

Eveline W.C.M. van Dam, Jacqueline M. Dekker, Eef G.W.M. Lentjes, Fred P.T.H.M. Romijn, Yvo M. Smulders, Wendy J. Post, Johannes A. Romijn, and H. Michiel J. Krans
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1812-1818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Köbberling Type of Familial Partial Lipodystrophy: An underrecognized syndrome

Karen L. Herbst, Lisa R. Tannock, Samir S. Deeb, Jonathan Q. Purnell, John D. Brunzell, and Alan Chait
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1819-1824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correlation Between Midthigh Low- Density Muscle and Insulin Resistance in Obese Nondiabetic Patients in Korea

Dolmi Kim, Suyoun Nam, Chulwoo Ahn, Kyungwook Kim, Soojee Yoon, Junuh Kim, Bongsoo Cha, Sungkil Lim, Kyungrae Kim, Hyunchul Lee, and Kapbum Huh
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1825-1830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Developing a Screening Program to Detect Sight-Threatening Diabetic Retinopathy in South India

Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy, Praveen K. Nirmalan, and Kim Ramasamy
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1831-1835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L-Arginine-Induced Vasodilation of the Renal Vasculature Is Not Altered in Hypertensive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Christian Delles, Markus P. Schneider, Sebastian Oehmer, Erwin H. Fleischmann, and Roland E. Schmieder
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1836-1840. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

On the Association Between Diabetes and Mental Disorders in a Community Sample: Results from the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey

Johannes Kruse, Norbert Schmitz, and Wolfgang Thefeld
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1841-1846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Emerging Treatments and Technologies:

Recent Antihyperglycemic Prescribing Trends for U.S. Privately Insured Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Fredric J. Cohen, Cheryl A. Neslusan, Jonathan E. Conklin, and Xue Song
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1847-1851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rapid Increase in the Use of Oral Antidiabetic Drugs in the United States, 1990–2001

Diane K. Wysowski, George Armstrong, and Laura Governale
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1852-1855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Human Epidermal Growth Factor Enhances Healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Man Wo Tsang, Wan Keung R. Wong, Chi Sang Hung, Kwok-Man Lai, Wegin Tang, Elaine Y.N. Cheung, Grace Kam, Leo Leung, Chi Wai Chan, Chung Min Chu, and Edward K.H. Lam
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1856-1861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of the Early ACE Inhibition in Diabetic Nonthrombolyzed Patients With Anterior Acute Myocardial Infarction

Claudio Borghi, Stefano Bacchelli, Daniela Degli Esposti, and Ettore Ambrosioni
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1862-1868. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Pathophysiology/Complications:

Association Between Serum Testosterone Concentration and Carotid Atherosclerosis in Men With Type 2 Diabetes

Michiaki Fukui, Yoshihiro Kitagawa, Naoto Nakamura, Mayuko Kadono, Shinichi Mogami, Chizuko Hirata, Naoko Ichio, Katsuya Wada, Goji Hasegawa, and Toshikazu Yoshikawa
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1869-1873. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulcer Recurrence Following First Ray Amputation in Diabetic Patients: A cohort prospective study

Luca Dalla Paola, Ezio Faglia, Maurizio Caminiti, Giacomo Clerici, Sasa Ninkovic, and Valter Deanesi
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1874-1878. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Percent Change in Wound Area of Diabetic Foot Ulcers Over a 4-Week Period Is a Robust Predictor of Complete Healing in a 12-Week Prospective Trial

Peter Sheehan, Peter Jones, Antonella Caselli, John M. Giurini, and Aristidis Veves
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1879-1882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cutaneous Blood Flow in Type 2 Diabetic Individuals After an Acute Bout of Maximal Exercise

Sheri R. Colberg, Henri K. Parson, D. Robb Holton, Tanja Nunnold, and Aaron I. Vinik
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1883-1888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Relation Between Serum 3-Deoxyglucosone and Development of Diabetic Microangiopathy

Hitomi Kusunoki, Satoshi Miyata, Takeshi Ohara, Bing-Fen Liu, Atsuko Uriuhara, Hiroshi Kojima, Kotaro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Yumiko Yamashita, Kayo Inaba, and Masato Kasuga
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1889-1894. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Association Between Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy and Mortality in Individuals With Diabetes: A meta-analysis

Raelene E. Maser, Braxton D. Mitchell, Aaron I. Vinik, and Roy Freeman
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1895-1901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews/Commentaries/Position Statements:

   Technical Reviews:

Hypoglycemia in Diabetes

Philip E. Cryer, Stephen N. Davis, and Harry Shamoon
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1902-1912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Commentary:

Lessons Learned: Challenges in interpreting diabetes concepts in the Navajo language

Melvina McCabe, Frank Morgan, Melissa Smith, Ella Yazzie, Anthony Spencer, Helen Curley, Rick Begay, and Dorothy Gohdes
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1913-1914. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lung Dysfunction in Diabetes

Michael David Goldman
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1915-1918. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Should Postprandial Glucose Be Measured and Treated to a Particular Target? Yes.

Jaime Davidson
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1919-1921. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Perspectives on the News:

Inflammation and Insulin Resistance

Zachary T. Bloomgarden
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1922-1926. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:

Weight Loss and Endothelial Function in Obesity

Kieren J. Mather, Helmut O. Steinberg, and Alain D. Baron
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1927-1928. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Testosterone and Atherosclerosis Progression in Men

Shalender Bhasin and Karen Herbst
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1929-1931. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Point-Counterpoint:

Screening for Celiac Disease in Children With Type 1 Diabetes: Two views of the controversy

Michael Freemark and Lynne L. Levitsky
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1932-1939. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters: Observations:

Status of Research Funded by the American Diabetes Association—Year 4

Mayer B. Davidson
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1940. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Validation of Interstitial Fluid Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Cystic Fibrosis

Lee Dobson, Christopher D. Sheldon, and Andrew T. Hattersley
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1940-1941. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Effect of Oral Glucosamine Sulfate on Insulin Sensitivity in Human Subjects

Joseph G. Yu, Sarah M. Boies, and Jerrold M. Olefsky
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1941-1942. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Multiple Tumors in Mitochondrial Diabetes Associated With tRNA^Leu(UUR) Mutation at Position 3264

Yoshihiko Suzuki, Susumu Suzuki, Matsuo Taniyama, Taro Muramatsu, Shigeo Ohta, Yoshitomo Oka, Yoshihito Atsumi, and Kempei Matsuoka
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1942-1943. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Value of a Grocery Cart and Walker in Identification and Management of Symptomatic Spinal Stenosis in Diabetic Patients Presenting With Peripheral Neuropathy or Claudication

Stuart M. Goldman
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1943. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Increasing Pneumococcal Immunizations Among People With Diabetes Using Patient Reminders

Deb K. Bjorsness, Katherine M. Pellett, JoAnne Unruh, Debora R. Snipes, Susan L. Hannula, Janet M. McDowall, Jeanine A. Ford, Dorothy Gohdes, Steven D. Helgerson, and Todd S. Harwell
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1943-1945. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physical Signs of the Intrinsic Minus Foot

Richard K. Bernstein
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1945-1946. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Ability of Foot Compensation to Added Weight Is Reduced in Patients with Diabetic Neuropathy

Loukas Thiaspras, Symeon Tournis, Styliani Iraklianou, and Andreas Melidonis
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1946. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vietnamese Type 2 Diabetic Subjects With Normal BMI but High Body Fat

Le Nguyen Trung Duc Son, Tran Thi Minh Hanh, Kaoru Kusama, Yoko Ichikawa, Nguyen Thi Kim Hung, and Shigeru Yamamoto
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1946-1947. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters: Comments and Responses:

No Association Between the MTHFR Gene Polymorphism and Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetic Patients Without Overt Nephropathy: Response to Maeda et al.

Keiji Yoshioka, Toshihide Yoshida, Yasuto Takakura, Akinori Kogure, Tsunekazu Umekawa, Hitoshi Toda, and Toshikazu Yoshikawa
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1947-1948. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diabetic Retinopathy Possibly Results From Poor Blood Sugar Control Associated With MTHFR Gene Polymorphism in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: Response to Yoshioka et al.

Makiko Maeda, Isamu Yamamoto, Masakatsu Fukuda, Mari Nishida, Junko Fujitsu, Shinpei Nonen, Tsuyoshi Igarashi, Takashi Motomura, Makiko Inaba, Yasushi Fujio, and Junichi Azuma
Diabetes Care 2003 26: 1948. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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