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Diabetes and Metabolism

This section concerns all aspects of diabetes and metabolic syndrome including but not limited to: prevention, diagnosis and management, as well as related molecular genetics, and pathophysiology.

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  1. In order to recommend the optimal type of exercise for type 2 diabetes prevention, different exercise interventions were compared with respect to their effects on glycemic control and insulin resistance.

    Authors: Li Huang, Yingjie Fang and Lijun Tang

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:181

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  2. Tramadol is a synthetic opioid and poisoning is increasing around the world day by day. Various treatments are applied for tramadol poisoning. Due to the unknown effects of tramadol poisoning and some of its t...

    Authors: Samaneh Nakhaee, Khadijeh Farrokhfall, Ebrahim Miri-Moghaddam, Masoumeh Askari, Alireza Amirabadizadeh, Mohsen Foadoddini and Omid Mehrpour

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:180

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  3. Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the most serious microvascular complications of diabetes, valsartan and α-lipoic acid alone or in combination has been used for the treatment of patients with DN. However, s...

    Authors: Fangfang Sun, Deqi Jiang and Juanjuan Cai

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:178

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  4. The Mauriac syndrome was described in 1930 as a peculiar combination of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus type 1, stunted growth and glycogenic hepatopathy. More recently, lactic acidosis was recognized as a...

    Authors: Brice Touilloux, Henri Lu, Belinda Campos-Xavier, Andrea Superti-Furga, Michael Hauschild, Thérèse Bouthors and Christel Tran

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:172

    Content type: Case report

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  5. Wolfram syndrome (WFS) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disease whose main cause is mutations in the WFS1 and CISD2 genes. Its characteristic clinical manifestations are diabetes insipidus, diabetes melli...

    Authors: Ziyu Ren, Jixiu Yi, Min Zhong, Yunting Wang, Qicong Liu, Xuan Wang, Dongfang Liu and Wei Ren

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:166

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  6. Betel-nut consumption is the fourth most common addictive habit globally and there is good evidence linking the habit to obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D) and the metabolic syndrome. The aim of our pilot study wa...

    Authors: Shirleny R Cardosa, B. William Ogunkolade, Rob Lowe, Emanuel Savage, Charles A Mein, Barbara J Boucher and Graham A Hitman

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:165

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  7. Family with sequence similarity 19 (chemokine (C-C motif)-like) member A5 (FAM19A5) is a newly identified adipokine. There is a limited number of studies linking FAM19A5 to metabolic disorders. In the current ...

    Authors: Fatemeh Ali Yari, Parisa Shabani, Sara Karami, Negar Sarmadi, Hossein Poustchi and Ahmad Reza Bandegi

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:153

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  8. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) estimated that 1.1 million children and adolescents aged 14–19 years are living with diabetes. Diabetes is a chronic, progressive disease characterized by elevated l...

    Authors: Pradeep Kumar, Shobhit Srivastava, Prem Shankar Mishra and E. T. Krishnan Mooss

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:146

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  9. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a cause of multiple complications, including retinopathy and peripheral neuropathy. These complications are well understood and believed to contribute to gait instability. Poor balance...

    Authors: Artur Stolarczyk, Igor Jarzemski, Bartosz M. Maciąg, Kuba Radzimowski, Maciej Świercz and Magda Stolarczyk

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:143

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  11. This study aims to explore the correlation between procalcitonin (PCT), 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D), pentraxin-3 (PTX-3), amylase (AMS) levels and severity of diabetic ketoacidosis complicated by pancreatitis.

    Authors: Songtao Lu, Dongmei Wei, Chao Yin, Juwen Xiong, Lishuang Zhu, Shaoru Yan and Rui Meng

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:136

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  12. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are widely reported to be involved in the development of human diseases. HLA complex P5 (HCP5) deregulation is associated with various diseases. However, the function of HCP5 in ...

    Authors: Xuan Wang, Yan Liu, Jian Rong and Kai Wang

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:134

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  13. Diabetes is a well-known risk factor for tuberculosis and poorly glycemic control may increase the risk of tuberculosis. We performed a meta-analysis to explore the association of glycemic control in diabetic ...

    Authors: Zhifei Chen, Qi Liu, Ranran Song, Wenxin Zhang, Tingping Wang, Zhan Lian, Xuezhi Sun and Yanli Liu

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:123

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  14. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with increased risks of disease for mother and child during pregnancy and after that. Early diagnosis of GDM would promote both maternal and fetal health. Meta...

    Authors: Shaghayegh Hosseinkhani, Hojat Dehghanbanadaki, Hossein Aazami, Parvin Pasalar, Mojgan Asadi and Farideh Razi

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:120

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  15. Tamoxifen, which is one of the selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), can bring out life-threatening complication, e.g. hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis, although it is rare. We precise...

    Authors: Hayato Isobe, Masashi Shimoda, Yuki Kan, Fuminori Tatsumi, Yukino Katakura, Tomohiko Kimura, Atsushi Obata, Kenji Kohara, Shuhei Nakanishi, Tomoatsu Mune, Kohei Kaku and Hideaki Kaneto

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:115

    Content type: Case report

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  16. There are insufficient data in case of the potential association of habitual dietary L-arginine and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) incidence. Here we aimed to examine the potential effect of dieta...

    Authors: Parvin Mirmiran, Zahra Bahadoran, Zahra Gaeini and Fereidoun Azizi

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:113

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  17. The effects of vitamin and mineral supplementation on women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have not been well established. We conduct a meta-analysis to evaluate the effects of vitamin and mineral su...

    Authors: Dandan Li, Zixin Cai, Zhenhong Pan, Yan Yang and Jingjing Zhang

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:106

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  18. The best HbA1c test interval strategy for detecting new type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) cases in healthy individuals should be determined with consideration of HbA1c test characteristics, risk stratification t...

    Authors: Sachiko Ohde, Kensuke Moriwaki and Osamu Takahashi

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:105

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  19. Normoalbuminuric diabetic kidney disease (NADKD) is a newly defined DKD, the clinical features and pathogenesis for which are still being understood. This study aimed to investigate the features and risk facto...

    Authors: Qi Dai, Nan Chen, Ling Zeng, Xin-Jie Lin, Feng-Xiu Jiang, Xiong-Jie Zhuang and Ze-Yuan Lu

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:104

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  20. It is widely acknowledged that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM) are all chronic metabolic diseases. The objective of this study is to retrospectively probe the associ...

    Authors: Yuanyuan Zhang, Juyi Li, Yingqun Ni, Yan Wang and Huaizhen Liu

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:100

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  21. Diet is central to the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Depending on the stage of the disease at which the recommended diet is initiated, optimal adherence can reduce HbA1c by about 1 to 2%. Howe...

    Authors: Hagos Amare Gebreyesus, Girmatsion Fisseha Abreha, Sintayehu Degu Besherae, Merhawit Atsbha Abera, Abraha Hailu Weldegerima, Eshetu Girma Kidane, Afework Mulugeta Bezabih, Tefera Belachew Lemma and Tsinuel Girma Nigatu

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:99

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  22. The prevalence of diabetes is increasing worldwide. Our study aimed to estimate the changing trends in the prevalence and incidence of diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among Xiamen residents and the f...

    Authors: Weiwei He, Qiushi Xu, Lili Han, Ting Wu, Xiulin Shi, Lishan Ye, Guanhua Yao and Xuejun Li

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:92

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  23. Although many studies on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are underway worldwide, and several existing studies have investigated the association between NAFLD and cardiovascular risk factors, studies ...

    Authors: A. L. Han

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:91

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  24. Whether the metabolically healthy obese (MHO) phenotype is a single, stable or a transitional, fluctuating state is currently unknown. The Mexican-Mestizo population has a genetic predisposition for the develo...

    Authors: Daniel Elías-López, Arsenio Vargas-Vázquez, Roopa Mehta, Ivette Cruz Bautista, Fabiola Del Razo Olvera, Donaji Gómez-Velasco, Paloma Almeda Valdes and Carlos A. Aguilar-Salinas

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:85

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  25. Little is known about whether the influence of glycemic variability on arrhythmia is related to age in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Therefore, we aimed to compare the association between glycemic variabili...

    Authors: Jianbo Zhang, Jianmin Yang, Liwei Liu, Liyan Li, Jiangyin Cui, Shuo Wu and Kuanxiao Tang

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:83

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  26. This systematic review aimed to investigate whether diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for low bone density, as this might be important and necessary for doctors specialized in treating patients with low bone ...

    Authors: Jingying Qiu, Chengjiang Li, Zhichun Dong and Jing Wang

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:65

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  28. Diabetes is associated with poor coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomes. However, little is known on the impact of undiagnosed diabetes in the COVID-19 population. We investigated whether diabetes, parti...

    Authors: Ye Liu, Ran Lu, Junhong Wang, Qin Cheng, Ruitao Zhang, Shuisheng Zhang, Yunyi Le, Haining Wang, Wenhua Xiao, Hongwei Gao, Lin Zeng and Tianpei Hong

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:56

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  31. Type 2 diabetes is more frequent in Latin American people than in non-Hispanic whites due to a combination of genetic and lifestyle risk factors. Brazil and Mexico are the most populous countries in Latin Amer...

    Authors: Renata Breda Martins, Sandra Azucena Ordaz-Briseño, Sarahí Flores-Hernández, Ângelo José Gonçalves Bós, Raúl C. Baptista-Rosas and Arieh Roldán Mercado-Sesma

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:48

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  32. NKX6.1 is a transcription factor for insulin, as well as a marker for β cell maturity. Abnormal NKX6.1 expression in β cells, such as translocation from the nucleus to cytoplasm or lost expression, has been sh...

    Authors: Tengli Liu, Peng Sun, Jiaqi Zou, Le Wang, Guanqiao Wang, Na Liu, Yaojuan Liu, Xuejie Ding, Boya Zhang, Rui Liang, Shusen Wang and Zhongyang Shen

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:47

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  33. Home care services plays an important role in diabetes management, and to enable older adults remain home-dwellers. Adequate follow-up and systematic nursing documentation are necessary elements in high qualit...

    Authors: Lovise S. Heimro, Monica Hermann, Therese Thuen Davies, Anne Haugstvedt, Johannes Haltbakk and Marit Graue

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:46

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  34. Type 2 diabetes in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, including Oman, is currently the fastest growing health crisis and is a significant cause of premature mortality and disability. There is currently in...

    Authors: Adhra Al-Mawali, Ayaman Al-Harrasi, Sathish Kumar Jayapal, Magdi Morsi, Avinash Daniel Pinto, Waleed Al-Shekaili, Hilal Al-Kharusi, Zainab Al-Balushi and John Idikula

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:42

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  35. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) causes many problems for mother and her neonate. A healthy diet plays an important role in preventing GDM. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between major die...

    Authors: Abazar Roustazadeh, Hamed Mir, Sima Jafarirad, Farideh Mogharab, Seyed Ahmad Hosseini, Amir Abdoli and Saiedeh Erfanian

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:41

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  36. Metabolic syndrome (Mets) is prevalent in the general population and has been reported to be an independent risk factor for cognitive impairment. This study aimed to investigate the association of Mets with th...

    Authors: Xiaohui Wang, Long Ji, Zhaoyang Tang, Guoyong Ding, Xueyu Chen, Jian Lv, Yanru Chen and Dong Li

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:40

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  37. This study aimed to develop and validate a nomogram for predicting acute kidney injury (AKI) during the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) stay of patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).

    Authors: Tingting Fan, Haosheng Wang, Jiaxin Wang, Wenrui Wang, Haifei Guan and Chuan Zhang

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:37

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  39. Insulin resistance (IR) in skeletal muscle is a key feature of the pre-diabetic state, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular diseases and also predicts type 2 diabetes. However, the underlying molecular m...

    Authors: Hemang M. Parikh, Targ Elgzyri, Amra Alibegovic, Natalie Hiscock, Ola Ekström, Karl-Fredrik Eriksson, Allan Vaag, Leif C. Groop, Kristoffer Ström and Ola Hansson

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:32

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  40. Studies of drug utilization in patients with diabetes, a chronic disease that can be treated with a wide range of available medicines, have attracted substantial social and clinical interest.

    Authors: Artur Mendes Moura, Sofia Oliveira Martins and João Filipe Raposo

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:30

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  41. Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) are heterogeneous molecules produced by the non-enzymatic glycation of proteins, lipids, or nucleic acids during hyperglycaemia. Accumulation of AGEs in the peripheral ne...

    Authors: Stella Papachristou, Kalliopi Pafili and Nikolaos Papanas

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:28

    Content type: Review

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  43. Hyperuricemia is associated with insulin resistance, pancreatic β-cell dysfunction and consequently with development of type 2 diabetes. Although a direct relationship between high levels of uric acid (UA) and...

    Authors: Asghar Ghasemi

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:24

    Content type: Review

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  44. Previous studies have indicated inconsistent relationships of diabetes with thyroid cancer risk, yet little is known in China. In this study, we aimed to investigate the associations between diabetes, diabetes...

    Authors: Meng Wang, Wei-Wei Gong, Feng Lu, Ru-Ying Hu, Qing-Fang He and Min Yu

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:21

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  45. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of artesunate (ART) on the reduction of cardiovascular complications in a type 1 diabetes model and to investigate the associated mechanism based on the receptor ...

    Authors: Yi Chen, Wei Li, Xiaolin Nong, Chen Liang, Jiaquan Li, Wei Lu, Bingge Wang, Zhong Yuan and Shiying Yang

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:19

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  46. Currently, there is a lack of data relating to glycemic parameters and their relationship with C-peptide (CP) and proinsulin (PI) during the partial remission period (PRP) in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D). Th...

    Authors: Gül Yeşiltepe-Mutlu, Merve Çapacı, Ecem Can, Tuğba Gökçe, Gizem Bayrakçı, Serra Muradoğlu, Said İncir, Esra Papatya Çakır and Şükrü Hatun

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:18

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  47. Diabetic retinopathy is the most common microvascular complication of diabetes and it is a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness among patients with diabetes. This study aimed to investigate the eff...

    Authors: Seyed Shahriar Hosseini, Mohsen Shamsi, Mahboobeh Khorsandi and Rahmatollah Moradzadeh

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:17

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  48. Skin autofluorescence (SAF) is a non-invasive marker of tissue accumulation of advanced glycation endproducts (AGE). Recently, we demonstrated in the general population that elevated SAF levels predict the dev...

    Authors: Henderikus E. Boersma, Robert P. van Waateringe, Melanie M. van der Klauw, Reindert Graaff, Andrew D. Paterson, Andries J. Smit and Bruce H. R. Wolffenbuttel

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:14

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  49. Studies analyzing the association between parity and normal-weight metabolic syndrome (MetS) in postmenopausal women of normal weight remain limited, this study aimed to explore the association between parity ...

    Authors: Mengte Shi, Xinhe Zhou, Chao Zheng and Youjin Pan

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:8

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  50. Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a predicter of infections, cancer and diabetes. However, the relationship between RDW and β-cell function and insulin resistance remains unclear in patients with type 2 dia...

    Authors: Deyuan Zhang, Siqi Zhang, Lifang Wang, Tianrong Pan and Xing Zhong

    Citation: BMC Endocrine Disorders 2021 21:7

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