The association between paternal level of authoritativeness and
diabetes control measures highlights the importance of fathers» involvement in children's diabetes management.
Not exact matches
The Golden Goose Award has honored innovative research that developed a
diabetes medication from Gila monster venom, an algorithm based on marriage stability that led to the development of a program to match kidney patients with donors and the «marshmallow test» — a
measure of young children's self -
control that has led to greater understanding of human behavior.
The researchers
measured substance P levels in the natural tear film in the eyes of nine adults with
diabetes and a
control group of 17 nondiabetic subjects.
The results showed that, in patients with established
diabetes, AET might be more effective in reducing HbA1c (a
measure of blood sugar
control) and fasting glucose when compared with RT..
«But we have done a dismal job nationally at getting most of our patients with
diabetes controlled for even just these three
measures,» said Wong, director of the Heart Disease Prevention Program and a cardiology professor at UCI.
A1C
measures the concentration of glucose (sugar) in the blood, a reflection of how well the
diabetes is being
controlled.
The A1C test
measures the concentration of glucose (sugar) in the blood, a reflection of how well the
diabetes is being
controlled.
Because fructosamine and glycated albumin are
measures of short - term (2 - 4 week) glucose
control and change more rapidly than HbA1c, they could also be useful for monitoring changes in
diabetes treatments.
In clinical trials conducted in patients with type 2
diabetes, sitagliptin has been shown to be effective in improving glycemic (blood sugar)
control, cholesterol, lipoproteins and other health
measures compared to placebo.
Despite years of effort to help American seniors with high blood pressure, heart disease, or
diabetes get their blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar under
control, new research shows wide gaps between older people of different ethnic backgrounds in all three of these key health
measures.
For example, blood glucose levels provide an indication of disease
control in
diabetes and a rapid
measure of a patient response to a
diabetes drug.
This test is run as part of the regular panel at my local lab and it is also a test used in monitoring and
controlling diabetes as it
measures average blood glucose over a period of 3 - months.
Overall, the researchers aimed to meet three American
Diabetes Association goals: keep blood pressure under
control; lower low - density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL); and limit levels of hemoglobin A1C, a protein that's a
measure of out - of -
control blood sugar.
Several studies reviewed indicated that using yoga as therapy combated insulin resistance by improving fasting glucose (with improvements ranging from a 5.4 % to a 33.4 % decrease in fasting glucose levels), postprandial glucose levels (blood sugar levels after meals), and glycohemoglobin levels (a
measure of the long - term
control of
diabetes mellitus).
In
diabetes, studies have shown that people with higher levels of various pesticides, had higher hemoglobin A1c levels (a
measure of long term glucose
control) and more neurological complications.
The Atkins Blood Sugar Approach is for people who have to exercise a
control over their
diabetes and need to adopt a preventive
measure for cardiovascular diseases.
People should stop drinking, lose weight, take
measures to
control diabetes, and work to lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels, while being aware that many drugs such as cholesterol - lowering drugs can exert toxic effects on the liver cells.
By adopting the
measures of diet and exercise in particular you will find it a lot easier to balance your blood sugar levels, and remember, without a regular exercise program you will most probably find it quite difficult to
control your
diabetes without drugs.
This was compared, in very
controlled fashion (some with individuals with
diabetes, some without) to the reactions on blood glucose for those same individuals to other food groups to
measure variances.
Smoking status,
diabetes management and blood pressure
control all saw improvements but some areas slipped, such as child immunisations below 36 months, cervical screening and overweight and obesity, as
measured by BMI.
Another study that
measured both albumin excretion and glycemic
control in 1,613 patients with type 1
diabetes found that the risk of having microalbuminuria increased abruptly at HbA1c values > 8.1 % (32).
The primary outcome
measures included
diabetes management behaviors based on the Diabetes Self - Management Profile (DSMP) administered separately to mothers and youth and glycemic control measured by glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) obtained by blood samples and analyzed by a central laboratory to ensure standard
diabetes management behaviors based on the
Diabetes Self - Management Profile (DSMP) administered separately to mothers and youth and glycemic control measured by glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) obtained by blood samples and analyzed by a central laboratory to ensure standard
Diabetes Self - Management Profile (DSMP) administered separately to mothers and youth and glycemic
control measured by glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) obtained by blood samples and analyzed by a central laboratory to ensure standardization.
Further, in a study evaluating a parent — adolescent teamwork approach to
diabetes management, adolescents in the intervention group reported significantly less parent — child conflict related to diabetes management [measured by the Diabetes Family Behavior Checklist (DFBC)-RSB- and were in better metabolic control (Anderson, Ho, Brackett, & Laffel
diabetes management, adolescents in the intervention group reported significantly less parent — child conflict related to
diabetes management [measured by the Diabetes Family Behavior Checklist (DFBC)-RSB- and were in better metabolic control (Anderson, Ho, Brackett, & Laffel
diabetes management [
measured by the
Diabetes Family Behavior Checklist (DFBC)-RSB- and were in better metabolic control (Anderson, Ho, Brackett, & Laffel
Diabetes Family Behavior Checklist (DFBC)-RSB- and were in better metabolic
control (Anderson, Ho, Brackett, & Laffel, 1999).
To examine the relation between multiple
measures of
diabetes - specific family factors and
control, we conducted a hierarchical multiple linear regression in SPSS 11.0 (SPSS, Inc., 2001).
Pubertal status was
measured to
control for its potential effects on
diabetes - related conflict and adherence to treatment.
Regression analysis indicated that a combination of
diabetes specific
measures of family behavior accounted for 11.8 % of the variance in glycemic
control after
controlling for demographic variables.
Recall that the peer support
measure was general in nature; a
diabetes - specific one may have shown a different relation to metabolic
control.