Original Research:

   Clinical Care/Education/Nutrition:

A Direct Efficacy and Safety Comparison of Insulin Aspart, Human Soluble Insulin, and Human Premix Insulin (70/30) in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Reinhard G. Bretzel, Sabine Arnolds, Jürgen Medding, and Thomas Linn
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1023-1027. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Short-Term Intensive Insulin Therapy in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes

Edmond A. Ryan, Sharleen Imes, and Clarissa Wallace
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1028-1032. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gestational Diabetes: Is there a relationship between leg length and glucose tolerance?

Robert G. Moses and Maria T. Mackay
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1033-1035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Testosterone and Sex Hormone–Binding Globulin Predict the Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes in Middle-Aged Men

David E. Laaksonen, Leo Niskanen, Kari Punnonen, Kristiina Nyyssönen, Tomi-Pekka Tuomainen, Veli-Pekka Valkonen, Riitta Salonen, and Jukka T. Salonen
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1036-1041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Epidemiology/Health Services/Psychosocial Research:

Reduction in Diabetes-Related Lower-Extremity Amputations in the Netherlands: 1991–2000

William H. van Houtum, Jan A. Rauwerda, Dirk Ruwaard, Nicolaas C. Schaper, and Karel Bakker
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1042-1046. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Global Prevalence of Diabetes: Estimates for the year 2000 and projections for 2030

Sarah Wild, Gojka Roglic, Anders Green, Richard Sicree, and Hilary King
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1047-1053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Appendix  

Diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glycemia in the Tribes of Khagrachari Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

M. Abu Sayeed, Hajera Mahtab, Parvin Akter Khanam, Khandaker Abul Ahsan, Akhter Banu, A.N.M. Bazlur Rashid, and A.K. Azad Khan
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1054-1059. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Are Low-Income Elderly Patients at Risk for Poor Diabetes Care?

Daniel T. McCall, Angela Sauaia, Richard F. Hamman, Jane E. Reusch, and Phoebe Barton
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1060-1065. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diabetes, Depression, and Quality of Life: A population study

Robert D. Goldney, Pat J. Phillips, Laura J. Fisher, and David H. Wilson
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1066-1070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Emerging Treatments and Technologies:

Treatment of Diabetic Gastroparesis by High-Frequency Gastric Electrical Stimulation

Zhiyue Lin, Jameson Forster, Irene Sarosiek, and Richard W. McCallum
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1071-1076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Orlistat Augments Postprandial Increases in Glucagon-like Peptide 1 in Obese Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Taner Damci, Serap Yalin, Huriye Balci, Zeynep Osar, Ustun Korugan, Mucahit Ozyazar, and Hasan Ilkova
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1077-1080. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Insulin Detemir Offers Improved Glycemic Control Compared With NPH Insulin in People With Type 1 Diabetes: A randomized clinical trial

Philip Home, Paul Bartley, David Russell-Jones, Hélène Hanaire-Broutin, Jan-Evert Heeg, Pascale Abrams, Mona Landin-Olsson, Birgitte Hylleberg, Hanne Lang, and Eberhard Draeger
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1081-1087. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Telecare for Patients With Type 1 Diabetes and Inadequate Glycemic Control: A randomized controlled trial and meta-analysis

Victor M. Montori, Pamela K. Helgemoe, Gordon H. Guyatt, Diana S. Dean, Teresa W. Leung, Steven A. Smith, and Yogish C. Kudva
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1088-1094. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Telemedicine to Evaluate Diabetic Retinopathy in a Prison Population

Noriaki Aoki, Kim Dunn, Tsuguya Fukui, J. Robert Beck, William J. Schull, and Helen K. Li
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1095-1101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Pathophysiology/Complications:

Contrasting Diabetes Phenotypes Associated With Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-1 and -1ß Mutations

Ewan R. Pearson, Michael K. Badman, Christopher R. Lockwood, Penelope M. Clark, Sian Ellard, Coralie Bingham, and Andrew T. Hattersley
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1102-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adult-Onset Atypical (Type 1) Diabetes: Additional insights and differences with type 1A diabetes in a European Mediterranean population

Eva Aguilera, Roser Casamitjana, Guadalupe Ercilla, Josep Oriola, Ramon Gomis, and Ignacio Conget
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1108-1114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reduced Coronary Artery and Abdominal Aortic Calcification in Hispanics With Type 2 Diabetes

Peter D. Reaven and Jerome Sacks
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1115-1120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Increasing Severity of Cardiovascular Risk Factors With Increasing Middle Cerebral Artery Stenotic Involvement in Type 2 Diabetic Chinese Patients With Asymptomatic Cerebrovascular Disease

G. Neil Thomas, Jian Wen Lin, Wynnie W.M. Lam, Brian Tomlinson, Vincent Yeung, Juliana C.N. Chan, Roxanna Liu, and Ka Sing Wong
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1121-1126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Influence of Caffeine on Heart Rate Variability in Patients With Long-Standing Type 1 Diabetes

Tristan Richardson, Adrian Rozkovec, Peter Thomas, Jacqueline Ryder, Candy Meckes, and David Kerr
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1127-1131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

An Explanation for the Increase in Heart Disease Mortality Rates in Diabetic Pima Indians: Effect of renal replacement therapy

Meda E. Pavkov, Maurice L. Sievers, William C. Knowler, Peter H. Bennett, and Robert G. Nelson
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1132-1136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Diabetes on Long-Term Mortality Following Contemporary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Analysis of 4,284 cases

Sean R. Wilson, Babak A. Vakili, Warren Sherman, Timothy A. Sanborn, and David L. Brown
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1137-1142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Risk of Community-Acquired Pneumococcal Bacteremia in Patients With Diabetes: A population-based case-control study

Reimar Wernich Thomsen, Heidi Holmager Hundborg, Hans-Henrik Lervang, Søren Paaske Johnsen, Henrik Carl Schønheyder, and Henrik Toft Sørensen
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1143-1147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Insulin Sensitivity in the Offspring of Women With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

Wendy A. Hunter, Tim Cundy, Diana Rabone, Paul L. Hofman, Mark Harris, Fiona Regan, Elizabeth Robinson, and Wayne S. Cutfield
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1148-1152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Natural Progression of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in the Zenarestat Study Population

Mark J. Brown, Shawn J. Bird, Sharon Watling, Hong Kaleta, Lee Hayes, Stephen Eckert, and Howard L. Foyt
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1153-1159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sural Nerve Sorbitol in Patients With Diabetic Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy

Vera Bril, Yoshiyuki Ono, and Robert A. Buchanan
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1160-1163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Connective Tissue Growth Factor Is Increased in Plasma of Type 1 Diabetic Patients With Nephropathy

Peggy Roestenberg, Frans A. van Nieuwenhoven, Lotte Wieten, Peter Boer, Theo Diekman, Anna M. Tiller, Wilmar M. Wiersinga, Noelynn Oliver, William Usinger, Stephen Weitz, Reinier O. Schlingemann, and Roel Goldschmeding
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1164-1170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

High Prevalence of Glucose Abnormalities in Patients With Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A multivariate analysis considering the liver injury

Albert Lecube, Cristina Hernández, Joan Genescà, Joan I. Esteban, Rosend Jardí, and Rafael Simó
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1171-1175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parallel Increase in Urinary Excretion Rates of Immunoglobulin G, Ceruloplasmin, Transferrin, and Orosomucoid in Normoalbuminuric Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Takuma Narita, Hiroshi Sasaki, Mihoko Hosoba, Takeshi Miura, Naomi Yoshioka, Tsukasa Morii, Takashi Shimotomai, Jun Koshimura, Hiroki Fujita, Masafumi Kakei, and Seiki Ito
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1176-1181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Metabolic Syndrome/Insulin Resistance Syndrome/Pre-Diabetes:

Can We Apply the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel Definition of the Metabolic Syndrome to Asians?

Chee-Eng Tan, Stefan Ma, Daniel Wai, Suok-Kai Chew, and E.-Shyong Tai
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1182-1186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Does the Association of Habitual Physical Activity With the Metabolic Syndrome Differ by Level of Cardiorespiratory Fitness?

Paul W. Franks, Ulf Ekelund, Søren Brage, Man-Yu Wong, and Nicholas J. Wareham
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1187-1193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Increasing Incidence of Diabetes After Gestational Diabetes: A long-term follow-up in a Danish population

Jeannet Lauenborg, Torben Hansen, Dorte Møller Jensen, Henrik Vestergaard, Lars Mølsted-Pedersen, Peter Hornnes, Henning Locht, Oluf Pedersen, and Peter Damm
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1194-1199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Reports:

HbA_1c Levels Are Significantly Lower in Early and Late Pregnancy

Lene R. Nielsen, Pia Ekbom, Peter Damm, Charlotte Glümer, Merete M. Frandsen, Dorte M. Jensen, and Elisabeth R. Mathiesen
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1200-1201. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Case for Intravenous Arginine Stimulation In Lieu of Mixed-Meal Tolerance Tests as Outcome Measure for Intervention Studies in Recent-Onset Type 1 Diabetes

Carla Greenbaum, Kristy Seidel, and Catherine Pihoker
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1202-1204. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heterophile Antibodies Masquerade as Interferon- in Subjects With New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes

Theresa Aly, Devasenan Devendra, Jennifer Barker, Edwin Liu, Liping Yu, and George S. Eisenbarth
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1205-1206. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Complete Long-Term Recovery of ß-Cell Function in Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes After Insulin Treatment

Beate Karges, Ivana Durinovic-Belló, Eberhard Heinze, Bernhard O. Boehm, Klaus-Michael Debatin, and Wolfram Karges
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1207-1208. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fasting and Insulin Glargine in Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes

Gregory T. Mucha, Stacia Merkel, William Thomas, and John P. Bantle
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1209-1210. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Body Metabolism Provides a Foundation for Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitoring

Jae B. Ko, Ok K. Cho, Yoon O. Kim, and Kazuo Yasuda
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1211-1212. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Fattening Burden of Type 2 Diabetes on Mexicans: Projections from early growth to adulthood

Arturo Jiménez-Cruz and Montserrat Bacardi-Gascon
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1213-1215. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ionized Magnesium in Danish Children With Type 1 Diabetes

Gitte Matthiesen, Kern Olofsson, and Martin Rudnicki
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1216-1217. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews/Commentaries/Position Statements:

   Reviews:

A Systematic Review of Adherence With Medications for Diabetes

Joyce A. Cramer
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1218-1224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Commentary:

Insulin Storage in Europe: A comment to Grajower et al., Eli Lilly, and Novo Nordisk

Marco Gallo, Marco Comoglio, Alberto De Micheli, Luca Monge, and Giacomo Vespasiani
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1225-1226. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Perspectives on the News:

Glycemic Treatment: Control of glycemia

Zachary T. Bloomgarden
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1227-1234. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters: Observations:

Status of Research Funding by the American Diabetes Association—5th and Final Year

Mayer B. Davidson
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1235. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Difference in Presentation of Charcot Osteoarthropathy in Type 1 Compared With Type 2 Diabetes

Nina L. Petrova, Alethea V.M. Foster, and Michael E. Edmonds
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1235-1236. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soluble CD40L in Young Type 1 Diabetic Individuals Without Clinical Microvascular and Macrovascular Complications

Giovanni Targher and Giacomo Zoppini
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1236-1237. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Strong Inverse Correlation Between Serum Adiponectin Level and Heart Rate–Corrected QT Interval in an Apparently Healthy Population: A suggestion for a direct antiatherogenic effect of adiponectin

Mitsuhisa Komatsu, Hirokazu Ohfusa, Yoshihiko Sato, Hiroki Yajima, Keishi Yamauchi, Toru Aizawa, and Kiyoshi Hashizume
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1237-1238. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seasonal Changes in Body Composition and Blood HbA_1c Levels Without Weight Change in Male Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Treated With Insulin

Motoi Sohmiya, Ippei Kanazawa, and Yuzuru Kato
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1238-1239. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reversibile Quadriplegia and Nonketotic Hyperosmolar Coma: Is it an exceptional association or an overlooked complication?

Attilio Allione, Roberto Quadri, Dario Lo Cigno, Cristina Runzo, Maria M. Zanone, and Paolo Cavallo Perin
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1239-1240. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Relationship Between Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Adiponectin and Insulin Sensitivity in a Large Heterogeneous Population

Claus Thamer, Michael Haap, Andreas Fritsche, Hans Haering, and Michael Stumvoll
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1240. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters: Comments and Responses:

How Long Should Insulin Be Used Once a Vial Is Started?: Response to Grajower et al.

Mark E. Molitch
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1240-1241. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How Long Should Insulin Be Used Once a Vial Is Started?: Response to Molitch

John H. Holcombe, Marci L. Daugherty, and Michael R. De Felippis
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1241-1242. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Metabolic Syndrome: The Emperor Needs Some Consistent Clothes: Response to Davidson and Alexander

Frank Vinicor and Barbara Bowman
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1243. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Metabolic Syndrome: The Emperor Needs Some Consistent Clothes: Response to Vinicor and Bowman

Charles M. Alexander
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1244. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aspirin Resistance in Diabetic Patients: Response to Sacco et al.

Giovanni de Gaetano
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1244-1245. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is Aspirin Resistance a Real Problem in People With Type 2 Diabetes?: Response to Sacco et al.

Jozef Drzewoski and Cezary Watala
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1245-1246. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aspirin Resistance in Diabetic Patients: Response to de Gaetano

Michele Sacco, Fabio Pellegrini, Maria C. Roncaglioni, Fausto Avanzini, Gianni Tognoni, and Antonio Nicolucci
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1246. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Autoimmune Hypoglycemia in a Type 2 Diabetic Patient With Anti-Insulin and Insulin Receptor Antibodies: Response to Kim et al.

Mustafa Sahin, Neslihan Tutuncu, and Nilgun Demirag Guvener
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1246-1247. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Autoimmune Hypoglycemia in a Type 2 Diabetic Patient With Anti-Insulin and Insulin Receptor Antibodies: Response to Sahin, Tutuncu, and Guvener

Chong Hwa Kim and Tae Sun Park
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1247. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diagnosing Insulin Resistance by Simple Quantitative Methods in Subjects With Normal Glucose Metabolism: Response to Ascaso et al.

Rajaram J. Karne, Hui Chen, and Michael J. Quon
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1247-1248. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diagnosing Insulin Resistance by Simple Quantitative Methods in Subjects With Normal Glucose Metabolism: Response to Karne, Chen, and Quon

Juan F. Ascaso, Susana Pardo, José T. Real, Rosario I. Lorente, Antonia Priego, and Rafael Carmena
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1249. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benefits and Risks of Solitary Islet Transplantation for Type 1 Diabetes Using Steroid-Sparing Immunosuppression: Response to Hirshberg et al.

M. Arthur Charles and Jean-Louis Selam
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1249-1250. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benefits and Risks of Solitary Islet Transplantation for Type 1 Diabetes Using Steroid-Sparing Immunosuppression: Response to Charles and Selam

Boaz Hirshberg, Kristina I. Rother, Benigno J. Digon, III, and David M. Harlan
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1250-1251. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Type 2 Diabetes Prevalence in Asian Subjects: Response to McNeely and Boyko

Hirohito Sone, Sachiko Mizuno, Yasushi Ohashi, and Nobuhiro Yamada
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1251-1252. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Type 2 Diabetes Prevalence in Asian Subjects: Response to Sone et al.

Marguerite J. McNeely and Edward J. Boyko
Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1252. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Erratum

Diabetes Care 2004 27: 1255. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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