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49 diabetics (D) (26 IDD and 23 NIDD) were compared to 32 controls (C). Absence of ischemic cardiopathy (IC) was confirmed by routine investigations and noninvasive cardiovascular techniques, including an exercise ECG using 12 leads and a thallium 201 scintigraphy. Our results show: a) a prolonged mean isovolumetric relaxation time (IVRT) as studied by the M mode echocardiography and phonomechanography: D = 0,10 sec +/- 0,04; C = 0,05 sec +/- 0,02; p less than 0,0001; b) a reduced mean EF slope: D = 97,48 +/- 37,08 mm / sec; C = 125,68 +/- 34,35; p less than 0,005; c) a high mean Weissler index (ratio of PEP to LVET): D = 40 +/- 0,08; C = 33 +/- 0,05; p less than 0,01. IVRT and EF slope abnormalities are related to increased myocardial stiffness and impaired LV compliance. In the absence of changes in preload and afterload, the high Weissler index reflects impaired contractility of the myocardium. These abnormalities are related neither to the duration of diabetes nor to the presence or severity of the complications. With the M mode echocardiography, mean diastolic and systolic thickness of the septum is greater in D with retinopathy than in C (p less than 0,005 and p less than 0,03 respectively); mean diastolic and systolic thickness of the posterior wall is greater in NIDD than in C (p less than 0,001 and p less than 0,025). We conclude that there is evidence of left ventricular functional abnormalities specific to diabetes and unrelated to IC and hypertension. Our findings support the hypothesis that they may be due to metabolic disorders and/or myocardial microangiopathy.
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PMID:[Existence of asymptomatic changes in left ventricular function in the diabetic. Noninvasive study]. 400 44

Eighteen individuals with IDDM (type I) and diabetic nephropathy in whom the initial glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was reduced but not below 60 ml/min per 1.73 m2 were observed for an average of 3 yr. The rate of further decline of GFR was found to range between -2 and 21 ml/min/yr. The duration of diabetes until the GFR was first found to be reduced varied between 14 and 33 yr and was not correlated to the ensuing rate of decline in GFR (r = -0.13). In 10 individuals who developed uremia 40 yr or more after onset of IDDM, the development of persistent proteinuria was followed by hypertension and increased serum creatinine 2 yr later and by terminal uremia after an average of 8 yr. This is also the normal time span for individuals who develop terminal uremia after shorter duration of diabetes. We conclude that the course of clinical diabetic nephropathy is not more favorable in individuals with late onset of this complication and that there is no point at which a person with diabetes can be considered to be spared from developing diabetic nephropathy.
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PMID:Time as a risk factor in diabetic nephropathy. 407 45

Zinc, an important enzymatic cofactor, takes part in numerous metabolic pathways. In man, zinc deficiencies may be due either to deficient absorption or to excessive use. In this study in 285 patients hospitalized in a department of internal medicine for acute or chronic conditions, serum zinc assays have shown the following results: serum zinc concentrations are significantly decreased in acute critical conditions (cardiovascular ischemic disorders, heart failure, infections); in chronic conditions, serum zinc is decreased in some instances (renal failure, cancer, alcoholism, diarrhea), while it remains normal in others (compensated heart failure, non-insulin dependent diabetes, arterial hypertension, obesity). The fall in serum zinc concentrations is usually correlated with the severity of the clinical condition.
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PMID:[The effect of various diseases on the zinc plasma level]. 630 73

The prevalence of glaucoma and ocular hypertension was investigated in an epidemiological study of diabetics traced by registration of prescriptions on insulin and oral hypoglycaemic agents (OHA) on the island of Falster (inhabitants 44 498), Denmark. Among 533 diabetics (227 insulin- and 306 OHA-treated) the prevalence rate of primary open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension was 6.0% and 3.0%, respectively. Neovascular glaucoma occurred in 2.1% of all diabetics and in 21.3% of diabetics with proliferative retinopathy. Open angle glaucoma was more prevalent (P less than 0.01) in type 2 diabetes mellitus compared with type 1 diabetes mellitus. No difference in the prevalence of neovascular glaucoma was found between type 1 and type 2 diabetics. The occurrence of open angle glaucoma correlated positively (P less than 0.01) to the current age (greater than 65 years) in both groups and the diabetes onset age (greater than 40 years) in insulin-treated diabetics. Neovascular glaucoma correlated positively (P less than 0.05) with diabetic macrovascular complications in total (myocardial infarction, ischemic heart disease, arterial hypertension, cerebrovascular stroke, gangrene/amputation), neuropathy and severe microvascular complications (proliferative retinopathy, retinovascular occlusion). Diabetics with open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension showed a higher frequency (P less than 0.05) of ischemic heart disease, arterial hypertension and retinovascular occlusion compared with diabetics without glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
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PMID:The prevalence of glaucoma and ocular hypertension in type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus. An epidemiological study of diabetes mellitus on the island of Falster, Denmark. 663 28

The prevalence of arteriosclerosis obliterans (ASO) of the legs was determined by a battery of noninvasive tests in 141 insulin-dependent and 289 non-insulin-dependent diabetic subjects and in 64 other subjects. The prevalence of detectable ASO ranges from 18% in the younger IDDM group to 41% in the diet-treated NIDDM group. The prevalence of ASO increases 7.5% per decade, appears to increase 6.5% in the age-adjusted IDDM group, 9% in males, 19% in those with hypertension, and 12% in smokers. No consistently significant correlations with fasting glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, or obesity were found. After accounting for the effect of smoking, the increased risk for ASO in males becomes nonsignificant.
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PMID:Arteriosclerosis obliterans and associated risk factors in insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetes. 742 28

Diabetic nephropathy is a progressive renal disease and represents a serious late complication of diabetes. There are familial clustering and huge ethnic differences in the occurrence of diabetic nephropathy, which point to a genetic predisposition. Diabetic nephropathy is defined by persistent albuminuria (albumin excretion rate [AER] > 300 mg/day), declining glomerular filtration rate and rising blood pressure. Several years of incipient nephropathy, characterized by worsening microalbuminuria (AER 30 to 300 mg/day or 20 to 200 micrograms/min), which is Albustix-negative and detectable by special assays only, are followed by established nephropathy. The natural history of nephropathy differs between insulin-dependent (IDDM) and non-insulin-dependent (NIDDM) diabetes mellitus. In IDDM, nephropathy develops in 30 to 40% of cases. The incidence peaks after 15 to 16 years of diabetes. In NIDDM, estimates of prevalence range from 15 to 20%, and nephropathy often supervenes after a shorter known duration of diabetes than in IDDM. GFR is often increased above normal (hyperfiltration) from the onset of IDDM due to increased renal blood flow, glomerular capillary hypertension and increased filtration surface. The glomeruli are hypertrophied and the kidneys enlarged. In both IDDM and NIDDM, GFR begins to decline irreversibly, when AER has risen to 100 to 300 mg/day at an average rate of 10 ml/min. per year. This is due to progressive reduction of the filtration surface area through mesangial expansion. Serum creatinine levels begin to rise when GFR falls below 50 ml/min, and then end-stage renal failure follows after an average of five years.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:[Diabetic nephropathy: significance of microalbuminuria and proteinuria in Type I and Type II diabetes mellitus]. 749 50

1. Although graft survival for most primary disease processes are similar at one year, significant divergence occurs by 5 years. ALP, IGA, and PC had the highest 5-year graft survival rates (72.8%, 71.2%, and 68.5%, respectively) whereas HTN and NS, the lowest (51.8% and 46.0%, respectively). 2. When primary diseases are grouped by pathogenic, pathophysiologic, and clinical similarities, the group of diseases with systemic manifestations had the lowest 5-year graft survival (55%), and the group including cystic and inherited diseases had the highest 5-year graft survival (69%). Black recipients had a predominance of "systemic" primary diseases (57%). 3. Despite having overall lower graft survival than Whites (p < 0.00001), there was no significant difference between Black and White 3-year graft survival for recipients with PC, ALP, IGA, and SLE. 4. PC recipients enjoyed excellent long-term graft survival (69%). Black recipients with PC had a 5-year graft survival rate of 64.6%. Recipients with PC had decreased posttransplant dialysis need, decreased early rejection rate, and better HLA matching than most other recipients. 5. Recipients with SLE as their primary disease had among the highest fraction of grafts lost to rejection (45.4% of all grafts lost) and the highest pretransplant sensitization rate (59.6%). 6. Recipients with HTN as their primary disease had overall lower 5-year graft survival (58% versus 63% in Whites, 44% versus 47% in Blacks), a lower rate of early allograft function (10% versus 12%, p < 0.00001), and more posttransplant dialysis needs (28.8% of patients requiring dialysis vs 23.5%, p < 0.00001) than recipients without HTN. Blacks with HTN had the lowest long-term graft survival (44.4%) of any other single group. 7. IDDM patients who expressed DR3 and/or DR4 alleles had significantly higher graft survival than patients without these DR groups. Whites expressing DR3 and DR4 and DR3 or DR4 alleles had better overall HLA matching (p < 0.001) and graft survival (75.4% and 70.7% versus 58.5% and 65.1%, p < 0.00001) than Blacks with similar DR expression. 8. SPK recipients had better 5-year graft survival than KAT recipients (66.2% versus 54.6%, p < 0.000001). This effect is most likely due to the selection of "better" lower-risk patients for SPK grafts.
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PMID:Primary disease effects and associations. 754 72

This is the second a series of three articles which reviews the identification of risk factors of a disease, here: diabetes or complications of diabetes. In the first of the series [1], we gave the definition of a risk factor, along with measures of its force-relative risk and odds ratio, followed by the epidemiological definitions of the diseases: diabetes, coronary heart disease and hypertension. Risk factors were further discussed and we completed the discussion by some observations on the bias which can arise from a study or from its analysis, which can lead the researcher to the wrong conclusion. In this second article we define the three types of epidemiological studies which are used to determine whether factors are associated with a disease: observational or cross-sectional studies, cohort studies and casecohort studies. Examples are provided of each of these study types; their advantages and disadvantages are discussed. The final paper will provide some examples of the identification of risk factors from the literature. The first example involves diabetes and pancreatic cancer, the second birth weight and non-insulin dependent diabetes. Having found an association between a risk factor and diabetes, we will discuss whether it can be considered to be a risk factor, and if so whether it is likely to be a cause of the disease.
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PMID:Risk factors and their identification second part: study designs for identification of risk factors. 755 16

The mechanism by which angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition influences renal perfusion and function has assumed growing importance as alternatives for blocking the system have emerged. Neither renin inhibitors nor angiotensin II (Ang II) antagonists are likely to trigger responses similar to ACE inhibitor-induced involvement of kinins, prostaglandins, or nitric oxide. Several observations suggest species variation in the contribution of these pathways to the renal response to ACE inhibition. In humans, recent investigation suggests that virtually all of the renal response is due to a fall in Ang II formation. Perhaps most persuasive is the surprising observation that the renal hemodynamic response to renin inhibitors exceeds by more than 50% the response to ACE inhibition in healthy humans. To the extent that kinins or prostaglandins contribute to the renal response to ACE inhibition, one would anticipate a smaller response to renin inhibition. Possible explanations include an unanticipated additional action of renin inhibitors, better tissue penetration of these highly lipophilic agents, or more effective blockade of Ang II formation through an action at the rate-limiting step or non-ACE-dependent Ang II generation. Substantial evidence favors the latter two possibilities. Whatever the explanation, these observations raise the intriguing possibility that the undoubted therapeutic efficacy of ACE inhibition in renal injury, documented most rigorously for type I diabetes mellitus, might be exceeded with the newer classes of agent.
Hypertension 1995 Oct
PMID:Renal circulation and blockade of the renin-angiotensin system. Is angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition the last word? 755 19

The transtelephonic electrocardiographic system started in the 70's and it was used mainly in the study of heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, syncope and sudden death. This report, include 3434 electrocardiogram (ECG) of patients whom visit the emergency room at the General Hospital and private clinic, using three different forms of transtelephonic monitors. The total population were 1715 males and 1719 females with average age of 52.2 +/- 28.8 years. 26.9% had was present in history of systemic hypertension, non-insulin dependent diabetes 12.3% and myocardial ischemic disease in 5.3%. The main ECG indications were chest pain 38.7%, most of them atypical angina, palpitations in 6.9% and dyspnea in 6.5%. 50.1% of the ECG were abnormal. The most important diagnosis were: tachyarrhythmias (25.2%), intraventricular conduction abnormalities (17.7%), myocardial ischemic disease (16%), and premature ventricular and supraventricular beats (11.6%). We concluded that the transtelephonic electrocardiographic system is a very useful method, and available now in Mexico. We detected a high percentage of electrocardiographic abnormalities, it was possible to give the right diagnosis of arrhythmias, acute myocardial infarction, old infarction, and to evaluate the pacemaker functionality. Finally, it helped to get in brief time the diagnosis and treatment in cases of acute myocardial infarction or severe arrhythmias.
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PMID:[Transtelephonic electrocardiography in Mexico. A report of the first 3434 cases]. 757 20


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