When glucose first enters your bloodstream, it attaches to hemoglobin, the part of a red blood cell that carries oxygen. An A1c test measures the percentage of hemoglobin in your blood that's glycated (coated with sugar). The more glucose in your blood, the higher your A1c. And the higher...
The association between family history and type 2 diabetes is previously reported to be predominantly explained by shared environmental and genetic components influencing behavior, lifestyle and metabolism [21]. Although study size impacts the extent to which some of the hypothesis of interest here can...
As the study first reporting the findings was performed in healthy individuals, the changes are most likely not explained by other factors than metformin treatment. For omeprazole, a protein pump inhibitor (PPI), we identified three Streptococcus species to be significantly increased (Streptococcus sp...
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Subsequently, we evaluated the validity and strength of these instruments by comparing the significance and proportion of phenotypic variance explained in observed fitness in an independent study, the Fenland study (one-sample MR method). As a sensitivity analysis, we also conducted a fat-free mass...
As explained before, T2DM patients usually show very low levels of PA [4]. Lack of motivation, missing social support and disease-related implications such as fatigue or pain are the main reasons why patients with T2DM cease to participate in PA promoting programs [27]. Exergames, the ...
Re-RX with J48graft provides rules that are not only highly accurate, but also easily explained and interpreted in terms of the concise extracted rules; that is, Re-RX with J48graft provides IF-THEN rules. This white-box model is easier to understand and is therefore often preferred in the...
Carrying his ladder to his brightly labeled company work truck, then his tool box, he re-entered my home once again but with a yellow invoice in hand. He explained what he replaced, what he fixed, along with the possibility of needing a new system. $450.some odd cents later, the heate...
When eligible patients visited the clinic, we explained this study and obtained informed consent. If the patients were aged under 19 years, the consent of the parent as a legal representative was obtained, and the consent of the child was obtained using a separate child consent. The study ...
Although the effect of weight loss in bringing about resolution of type 2 diabetes is not new, the easily explained pathophysiology enhances engagement. Additionally, the routinely reproducible method of bringing about and sustaining 15% weight loss permits clinical application. This review summarises ...