Original Research:

   Clinical Care/Education/Nutrition:

Stability of Body Weight in Type 2 Diabetes

Zoobia W. Chaudhry, Mary C. Gannon, and Frank Q. Nuttall
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 493-497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Disease Management in Type 2 Diabetic Patients With Diabetic Nephropathy

Ferdinando C. Sasso, Luca De Nicola, Ornella Carbonara, Rodolfo Nasti, Roberto Minutolo, Teresa Salvatore, Giuseppe Conte, Roberto Torella for the NID-2 (Nephropathy in Diabetes-Type 2) Study Group
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 498-503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treatment Escalation and Rise in HbA_1c Following Successful Initial Metformin Therapy

Gregory A. Nichols, Charles M. Alexander, Cynthia J. Girman, Sachin J. Kamal-Bahl, and Jonathan B. Brown
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 504-509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Pioglitazone Versus Glipizide on Body Fat Distribution, Body Water Content, and Hemodynamics in Type 2 Diabetes

Ananda Basu, Michael D. Jensen, Frances McCann, Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Michael J. Joyner, and Robert A. Rizza
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 510-514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Efficacy of Benfluorex in Combination With Sulfonylurea in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: An 18-week, randomized, double-blind study

Philippe Moulin, Marie Andre, Hasan Alawi, Lelita C. dos Santos, Abdul K. Khalid, Dragomir Koev, Ray Moore, Viorel Serban, Brigitte Picandet, and Marie Francillard
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 515-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chromium Treatment Has No Effect in Patients With Poorly Controlled, Insulin-Treated Type 2 Diabetes in an Obese Western Population: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Nanne Kleefstra, Sebastiaan T. Houweling, Frank G.A. Jansman, Klaas H. Groenier, Rijk O.B. Gans, Betty Meyboom-de Jong, Stephan J.L. Bakker, and Henk J.G. Bilo
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 521-525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Long-Term Effects of a Diabetes and Pregnancy Program: Does the education last?

Denice S. Feig, Barbara Cleave, and George Tomlinson
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 526-530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Achievement of American Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Recommendations Among U.S. Adults With Diabetes, 1999–2002: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Helaine E. Resnick, Gregory L. Foster, Joan Bardsley, and Robert E. Ratner
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 531-537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Online-Only Appendix  

   Epidemiology/Health Services/Psychosocial Research:

Age at Onset of Childhood-Onset Type 1 Diabetes and the Development of End-Stage Renal Disease: A nationwide population-based study

Maria Svensson, Lennarth Nyström, Staffan Schön, Gisela Dahlquist on behalf of the Swedish Childhood Diabetes Study and the Swedish Registry for Active Treatment of Uraemia
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 538-542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Are Health Care Professionals Advising Patients With Diabetes or At Risk for Developing Diabetes to Exercise More?

Elaine H. Morrato, James O. Hill, Holly R. Wyatt, Vahram Ghushchyan, and Patrick W. Sullivan
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 543-548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Depression Treatment and Satisfaction in a Multicultural Sample of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Mary de Groot, Brenda Pinkerman, Julie Wagner, and Erin Hockman
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 549-553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Emerging Treatments and Technologies:

Triple Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes: Insulin glargine or rosiglitazone added to combination therapy of sulfonylurea plus metformin in insulin-naïve patients

Julio Rosenstock, Danny Sugimoto, Poul Strange, John A. Stewart, Erika Soltes-Rak, George Dailey on behalf of the Insulin Glargine 4014 Study Investigators
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 554-559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Pathophysiology/Complications:

Diabetes and Function in Different Cognitive Systems in Older Individuals Without Dementia

Zoe Arvanitakis, Robert Smith Wilson, Yan Li, Neelum Thanik Aggarwal, and David Alan Bennett
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 560-565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Risk of Reamputation in Diabetic Patients Stratified by Limb and Level of Amputation: A 10-year observation

Yuki Izumi, Kathleen Satterfield, Shuko Lee, and Lawrence B. Harkless
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 566-570. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Power Spectral Analysis of Heart Rate Variability During the 100-g Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Pregnant Women

Amir Weissman, Lior Lowenstein, Amir Peleg, Israel Thaler, and Etan Z. Zimmer
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 571-574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peripheral Arterial Disease and Risk of Cardiac Death in Type 2 Diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study

Paul E. Norman, Wendy A. Davis, David G. Bruce, and Timothy M.E. Davis
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 575-580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fluid Retention and Vascular Effects of Rosiglitazone in Obese, Insulin-Resistant, Nondiabetic Subjects

Alexander J.M. Rennings, Paul Smits, Murray W. Stewart, and Cees J. Tack
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 581-587. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diabetic Cardiomyopathy and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Alain G. Bertoni, David C. Goff, Jr, Ralph B. D’Agostino, Jr, Kiang Liu, W. Gregory Hundley, Joao A. Lima, Joseph F. Polak, Mohammed F. Saad, Moyses Szklo, Russell P. Tracy, and David S. Siscovick
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 588-594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Does Albuminuria Predict Cardiovascular Outcomes on Treatment With Losartan Versus Atenolol in Patients With Diabetes, Hypertension, and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy?: The LIFE study

Hans Ibsen, Michael H. Olsen, Kristian Wachtell, Knut Borch-Johnsen, Lars H. Lindholm, Carl E. Mogensen, Björn Dahlöf, Steven M. Snapinn, Ying Wan, and Paulette A. Lyle
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 595-600. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The 10-s Maximal Sprint: A novel approach to counter an exercise-mediated fall in glycemia in individuals with type 1 diabetes

Vanessa A. Bussau, Luis D. Ferreira, Timothy W. Jones, and Paul A. Fournier
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 601-606. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk:

Gestational Diabetes Identifies Women at Risk for Permanent Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Fertile Age: Predictive role of autoantibodies

Ilkka Y. Järvelä, Jaana Juutinen, Pentti Koskela, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Petri Kulmala, Mikael Knip, and Juha S. Tapanainen
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 607-612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Long-Acting Injectable Progestin Contraception and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Latino Women With Prior Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Anny H. Xiang, Miwa Kawakubo, Siri L. Kjos, and Thomas A. Buchanan
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 613-617. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Association of Serum Proinsulin With Hormone Replacement Therapy in Nondiabetic Older Women: The Rancho Bernardo Study

Dong-Jun Kim and Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 618-624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Trend in the Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome and Its Impact on Cardiovascular Disease Incidence: The San Antonio Heart Study

Carlos Lorenzo, Ken Williams, Kelly J. Hunt, and Steven M. Haffner
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 625-630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Familial Clustering for Features of the Metabolic Syndrome: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Family Heart Study

Weihong Tang, Yuling Hong, Michael A. Province, Stephen S. Rich, Paul N. Hopkins, Donna K. Arnett, James S. Pankow, Michael B. Miller, and John H. Eckfeldt
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 631-636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Online-Only Appendix  

Low Ankle-Brachial Pressure Index Predicts Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Independent of the Metabolic Syndrome and Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Edinburgh Artery Study

Sarah H. Wild, Christopher D. Byrne, Felicity B. Smith, Amanda J. Lee, and F. Gerald R. Fowkes
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 637-642. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patterns of Metabolic Progression to Type 1 Diabetes in the Diabetes Prevention Trial–Type 1

Jay M. Sosenko, Jerry P. Palmer, Carla J. Greenbaum, Jeffrey Mahon, Catherine Cowie, Jeffrey P. Krischer, H. Peter Chase, Neil H. White, Bruce Buckingham, Kevan C. Herold, David Cuthbertson, Jay S. Skyler the Diabetes Prevention Trial–Type 1 Study Group
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 643-649. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Online-Only Appendix  

Vitamin D and Calcium Intake in Relation to Type 2 Diabetes in Women

Anastassios G. Pittas, Bess Dawson-Hughes, Tricia Li, Rob M. Van Dam, Walter C. Willett, Joann E. Manson, and Frank B. Hu
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 650-656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sleep Duration as a Risk Factor for the Development of Type 2 Diabetes

H. Klar Yaggi, Andre B. Araujo, and John B. McKinlay
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 657-661. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Models for Predicting Type 1 Diabetes in Siblings of Affected Children

Samy Mrena, Suvi M. Virtanen, Pekka Laippala, Petri Kulmala, Marja-Leena Hannila, Hans K. Åkerblom, Mikael Knip, and the Childhood Diabetes in Finland Study Group
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 662-667. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence Between the Adult Treatment Panel III Criteria for Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance

Justo Sierra-Johnson, Bruce D. Johnson, Thomas G. Allison, Kent R. Bailey, Gary L. Schwartz, and Stephen T. Turner
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 668-672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abdominal Adiposity Is a Stronger Predictor of Insulin Resistance Than Fitness Among 50–95 Year Olds

Susan B. Racette, Ellen M. Evans, Edward P. Weiss, James M. Hagberg, and John O. Holloszy
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 673-678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Does Measurement Site for Visceral and Abdominal Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Alter Associations With the Metabolic Syndrome?

Jennifer L. Kuk, Timothy S. Church, Steven N. Blair, and Robert Ross
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 679-684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geographic Variations of the International Diabetes Federation and the National Cholesterol Education Program–Adult Treatment Panel III Definitions of the Metabolic Syndrome in Nondiabetic Subjects

Carlos Lorenzo, Manuel Serrano-Ríos, María T. Martínez-Larrad, José L. González-Sánchez, Segundo Seclén, Arturo Villena, Clicerio Gonzalez-Villalpando, Ken Williams, and Steven M. Haffner
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 685-691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Reports:

   Clinical Care/Education/Nutrition:

Screening for Silent Coronary Heart Disease in Type 2 Diabetes: Clinical application of American Diabetes Association guidelines

Julia Kharlip, Rosalie Naglieri, Braxton D. Mitchell, Kathleen A. Ryan, and Thomas W. Donner
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 692-694. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Perception of "Healthy" Body Weight by Patients With Diabetes

Kathleen McTigue, Rachel Hess, Cindy L. Bryce, Katharine Fitzgerald, Ellen Olshansky, Diane Sacco, and Gary Fischer
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 695-697. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Successful Use of a Sucrose-Containing Enteral Formula in Diabetic Nursing Home Elderly

Yaakov Levinson, Aviva Epstein, Bella Adler, Leon Epstein, and Tzvi Dwolatzky
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 698-700. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Epidemiology/Health Services/Psychosocial Research:

Urban-Rural Differences in the Prevalence of Foot Complications in South-Indian Diabetic Patients

Vijay Viswanathan, Sivagami Madhavan, Seena Rajasekar, Snehalatha Chamukuttan, and Ramachandran Ambady
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 701-703. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Language and Other Factors Associated With Foot Self-Management Among Puerto Ricans With Diabetes in New York City

Akiko S. Hosler and Thomas A. Melnik
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 704-706. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diabetes in British Nursing and Residential Homes: A pragmatic screening study

Terence J. Aspray, Karen Nesbit, Timothy P. Cassidy, Emma Farrow, and Gillian Hawthorne
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 707-708. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serum Uric Acid as a Harbinger of Metabolic Outcome in Subjects With Impaired Glucose Tolerance: The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study

Leo Niskanen, David E. Laaksonen, Jaana Lindström, Johan G. Eriksson, Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Pirjo Ilanne-Parikka, Sirkka Aunola, Helena Hämäläinen, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Matti Uusitupa for the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study Group
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 709-711. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Pathophysiology/Complications:

The Gly82Ser Polymorphism of the Receptor of Advanced Glycation End Product (RAGE) Gene Is Not Associated With Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes in a Brazilian Population

Carolina L. Naka, Geraldo Picheth, Vânia Manfredini Alcântera, Rosangela R. Réa, Eleidi A. Chautard-Freire-Maia, Fábio de Oliveira Pedrosa, Tania Leme da Rocha Martinez, and Emanuel M. Souza
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 712-713. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Endothelial Progenitor Cells and the Diabetic Paradox

Gian Paolo Fadini, Saverio Sartore, Ilenia Baesso, Maddalena Lenzi, Carlo Agostini, Antonio Tiengo, and Angelo Avogaro
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 714-716. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Relationship Between ß-Cell Mass and Fasting Blood Glucose Concentration in Humans

Robert A. Ritzel, Alexandra E. Butler, Robert A. Rizza, Johannes D. Veldhuis, and Peter C. Butler
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 717-718. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Does Pancreatic Elastase-1 in Stools Predict Steatorrhea in Type 1 Diabetes?

Franco Cavalot, Katia Bonomo, Elisa Fiora, Elisa Bacillo, Paola Salacone, Massimo Chirio, Ezio Gaia, and Mariella Trovati
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 719-721. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk:

Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 Concentrations and Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Massimo Cigolini, Maria Pina Iagulli, Valentino Miconi, Micaela Galiotto, Simonetta Lombardi, and Giovanni Targher
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 722-724. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews/Commentaries/ADA Statements:

   Commentary:

The Impact of Comorbid Chronic Conditions on Diabetes Care

John D. Piette and Eve A. Kerr
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 725-731. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Perspectives on the News:

Aspects of Type 2 Diabetes and Related Insulin-Resistant States

Zachary T. Bloomgarden
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 732-740. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters: Observations:

Association Between Smoking, Hematological Parameters, and Metabolic Syndrome in Japanese Men

Nobukazu Ishizaka, Yuko Ishizaka, Ei-Ichi Toda, Ryozo Nagai, and Minoru Yamakado
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 741. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Changing Incidence of Major Amputation for Diabetes in Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro, Between 1994 and 2004

Dragan S. Tesic, Pavle Pantelinac, Svetolik Avramov, Vladimir Vukobratov, Janko Pasternak, and William Jeffcoate
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 741-742. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Decreased Insulin Secretion but Not Insulin Sensitivity in Normal Glucose Tolerant Thai Subjects

Chatchalit Rattarasarn, Supamai Soonthornpan, Rattana Leelawattana, and Worawong Setasuban
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 742-743. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Could Blood Ketone Monitoring Be A Tool for Managing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus?

Henri Gin, Anne Vambergue, Claudine Vasseur, Vincent Rigalleau, Philippe Dufour, Agnes Roques, Pierre Fontaine, and The Groupe Diabéte et Grossesse-ALFEDIAM
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 743. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Blood Pressure Measurement in Diabetes Clinic: Are we paying enough attention?

Jamie R. Wood, Mary Anno'riordan, Beth A. Vogt, and Mark R. Palmert
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 743-744. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters: Comments and Responses:

Recommendations for Management of Diabetes During Ramadan: Response to Al-Arouj et al.

Tarik A. Elhadd and Abdullah A. Al-Amoudi
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 744-745. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Recommendations for Management of Diabetes During Ramadan: Response to Al-Arouj et al.

Mayer B. Davidson
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 745. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Recommendations for Management of Diabetes During Ramadan: Response to Elhadd and Al-Amoudi and to Davidson

Imad M. El-Kebbi, Mahmoud Ashraf Ibrahim, and Faramarz Ismail-Beigi
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 746. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Effect of Rosiglitazone on Overweight Subjects With Type 1 Diabetes: Response to Strowig and Raskin

Trevor J. Orchard
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 746-747. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Effect of Rosiglitazone on Overweight Subjects With Type 1 Diabetes: Response to Orchard

Suzanne M. Strowig and Philip Raskin
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 747. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of the Effects of Vitamins and/or Mineral Supplementation on Glomerular and Tubular Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes: Response to Farvid et al.

Peter Rossing, Mark E. Cooper, and Hans-Henrik Parving
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 747-748. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of the Effects of Vitamins and/or Mineral Supplementation on Glomerular and Tubular Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes: Response to Rossing et al.

Maryam Sadat Farvid, Mahmoud Jalali, Fereydoun Siassi, and Mostafa Hosseini
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 748-749. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Relationship Between Testosterone Levels, Insulin Sensitivity, and Mitochondrial Function in Men: Response to Pitteloud et al.

Steven A. Kaplan and E. David Crawford
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 749. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Relationship Between Testosterone Levels, Insulin Sensitivity, and Mitochondrial Function in Men: Response to Kaplan and Crawford

Frances Hayes
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 749-750. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Evidence for an Association With Type 2 Diabetes: Response to Antonelli et al.

Marcin Skowronski, Dorota Zozulinska, Jacek Juszczyk, and Bogna Wierusz-Wysocka
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 750. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Evidence for an Association With Type 2 Diabetes: Response to Skowroski et al.

Alessandro Antonelli, Clodoveo Ferri, Poupak Fallahi, Silvia Martina Ferrar, Fernando Goglia, and Ele Ferrannini
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 751. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Metformin and Heart Failure: Innocent Until Proven Guilty: Response to Inzucchi

Sergio Muntoni
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 751-752. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Metabolic Syndrome or "Central Obesity Syndrome"?

Gary T.C. Ko
Diabetes Care 2006 29: 752. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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