Microalbuminuria as a Risk Predictor in Diabetes: The Continuing Saga

Diabetes Care: March 2014 OBJECTIVE The rationale for this study was to review the data on microalbuminuria (MA), an amount of albumin in the urine of 30–299 mg/day, in patients with diabetes in the context of cardiovascular risk and development of kidney disease. The objective was to review the pathophysiology of MA in patients with diabetes and […]

The Association Between Food Prices and the Blood Glucose Level of US Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

American Journal of Public Health: Aug 29, 2013 Tobenna D. Anekwe, ScD, and Ilya Rahkovsky, PhDThe authors are with the Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. Correspondence should be sent to Tobenna Anekwe, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20250-1800 (e-mail: tanekwe@ers.usda.gov). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints” […]

Understanding the Origins of Diabetes

JAMA: February 12, 2014 The widespread concern over the increasing prevalence of obesity and associated diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some forms of cancer has led in part to a new emphasis on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).1 Noncommunicable diseases are a challenge in developed countries but, even more, in developing countries where increasing […]

The Dynamics of Diabetes among Birth Cohorts in the United States

Diabetes Care February 10, 2014   OBJECTIVE Using a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population, we estimated trends in diabetes prevalence across cohorts born 1910–1989 and provide the first estimates of age-specific diabetes incidence using nationally representative, measured data. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Data were from 40,130 nonpregnant individuals aged 20–79 years who participated in […]

Dietary dairy product intake and incident type 2 diabetes: a prospective study using dietary data from a 7-day food diary

SpringerLink: 2/8/14 Aim/hypothesis The aim of this study was to investigate the association between total and types of dairy product intake and risk of developing incident type 2 diabetes, using a food diary. Methods A nested case-cohort within the EPIC-Norfolk Study was examined, including a random subcohort (n = 4,000) and cases of incident diabetes (n = 892, including 143 […]

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