Prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy and relation to glycemic control therapies at baseline in the BARI 2D cohort

Abstract   We evaluated the associations between glycemic therapies and prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) at baseline among participants in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D) trial on medical and revascularization therapies for coronary artery disease (CAD) and on insulin-sensitizing vs. insulin-providing treatments for diabetes. A total of 2,368 patients with type 2 diabetes and CAD was evaluated. DPN was defined as clinical examination score >2 using the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI). DPN odds ratios across different groups of glycemic therapy were evaluated by multiple logistic regression adjusted for multiple covariates including age, sex, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and diabetes duration. Fifty-one percent of BARI 2D subjects with valid baseline characteristics and MNSI scores had DPN. After adjusting for all variables, use of insulin was significantly associated with DPN (OR = 1.57, 95% CI: 1.15–2.13). Patients on sulfonylurea (SU) or combination of SU/metformin (Met)/thiazolidinediones (TZD) had marginally higher rates of DPN than the Met/TZD group. This cross-sectional study in a cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes and CAD showed association of insulin use with higher DPN prevalence, independent of disease duration, glycemic control, and other characteristics. The causality between a glycemic control strategy and DPN cannot be evaluated in this cross-sectional study, but continued assessment of DPN and randomized therapies in BARI 2D trial may provide further explanations on the development of DPN.     

Systematic review of methods to diagnose infection in foot ulcers in diabetes.

AIM: To undertake a systematic review of the diagnostic performance of clinical examination, sample acquisition and sample analysis in infected foot ulcers in diabetes. METHODS: Nineteen electronic databases plus other sources were searched. To be included, studies had to fulfil the following criteria: (i) compare a method of clinical assessment, sample collection or sample analysis with a reference standard; (ii) recruit diabetic individuals with foot ulcers; (ii) present 2 x 2 diagnostic data. Studies were critically appraised using a 12-item checklist. RESULTS: Three eligible studies were identified, one each on clinical examination, sample collection and sample analysis. For all three, study groups were heterogeneous with respect to wound type and a small proportion of participants had foot ulcers due to diabetes. No studies identified an optimum reference standard. Other methodological problems included non-blind interpretation of tests and the time lag between index and reference tests. Individual signs or symptoms of infection did not prove to be useful tests when assessed against punch biopsy as the reference standard. The wound swab did not perform well when assessed against tissue biopsy. Semiquantitative analysis of wound swab might be a useful alternative to quantitative analysis. The limitations of these findings and their impact on recommendations from relevant clinical guidelines are discussed. CONCLUSION: Given the importance of this topic, it is surprising that only three eligible studies were identified. It was not possible to describe the optimal methods of diagnosing infection in diabetic patients with foot ulceration from the evidence identified in this systematic review.     

早期糖尿病视网膜病变药物治疗的药物经济学分析

目的：探讨不同方案治疗早期糖尿病视网膜病变的经济效果,找出既经济又有效的方案。方法：对目前临床常用的4种不同治疗方案（导升明、胰激肽原酶、复方血栓通胶囊、复方丹参滴丸,治疗时间均为90d）运用药物经济学方法进行成本-效果分析。结果：4种方案所需费用分别为1417.50元、810.00元、891.00元、656.10元;治疗有效率分别为94.25%、85.09%、85.17%、83.53%;成本-效果比分别为15.04、9.52、10.46、7.85。结论：复方丹参滴丸治疗效果较好,不良反应少,成本低廉。     

糖尿病肾内动脉血流动力学改变的研究

目的：观察糖尿病肾病不同时期肾内分级动脉血流动力学的改变。方法：用脉冲多普勒方法分别测量正常对照组、糖尿病正常蛋白尿阶段，隐匿性肾病．临床糖尿病肾病肾功能代偿期及糖尿病肾病肾功失代偿期各组肾内分级动脉Vmax、Vmin、TAMX、PI、RI血流参数．并与对照组比较。结果：糖尿病不同时期Vmax均增高．与正常对照组有显著性差异；Vmin随着病程的发展．逐渐减低；PI、RI随病情的进展逐渐增高．尤以糖尿病肾病肾功能代偿期及肾病肾功失代偿期明显。结论：多普勒超声是一种简便、直观、快速非创伤性检查糖尿病血流动力学改变的方法．通过对肾内分级动脉血流参数的观察．尤其是PI、RI的变化，判断糖尿病肾损害的程度。     

循环内皮细胞水平与糖尿病肾病的相关性及银杏达莫的干预作用

目的:探讨外周血循环内皮细胞(CEC)和糖尿病肾病(DN)的相关性,以及银杏达莫注射液在DN防治中的可能作用。方法:检测65例2型糖尿病患者24h尿白蛋白排泄率(UAER)及CEC数,分析两者的相关性。将UAER为30~300mg·d-1的45例患者随机分为两组,常规治疗组22例,进行常规降血糖、控制血压等治疗;银杏达莫治疗组23例,在常规治疗基础上静脉滴注银杏达莫注射液2周。比较两组治疗前后血糖、血压、UAER及CEC水平的变化。结果:单纯糖尿病(SDM)组和早期糖尿病肾病(EDN)组的外周血CEC水平比对照组(NC)显著性升高,并呈逐渐增高的趋势(P<0.01)。UAER与收缩压(SBP)、外周血CEC水平呈正相关(P<0.01)。EDN组中,银杏达莫治疗后UAER及CEC明显降低(P<0.01);而常规治疗组无明显变化。线性多元逐步回归分析表明,银杏达莫治疗后UAER的改变与CEC数的变化成正相关(P<0.01)。结论:血管内皮细胞(VEC)损伤在DN发生发展中起重要作用,银杏达莫对VEC的保护作用可能是其延缓DN发展的重要机制。     

Circulating adipocytokines in non-diabetic and Type 1 diabetic children: relationship to insulin therapy, glycaemic control and pubertal development.

AIM: To determine the influence of Type 1 diabetes mellitus on circulating adipocytokines in children. METHODS: The circulating concentrations of leptin, adiponectin, resistin and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha were measured in 91 children, aged 11.1 +/- 2.7 years, with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Ninety-one healthy children were selected as control subjects. RESULTS: Body mass index-adjusted leptin concentrations were higher in the pubertal diabetic children compared with the control children. There was a significant positive correlation between leptin and daily insulin dose in the diabetic group. Circulating adiponectin concentrations were higher in the prepubertal diabetic children and were positively associated with HbA(1c). Resistin concentrations were lower in the prepubertal non-diabetic subjects compared with the pubertal non-diabetic children, whose values were higher than those of the diabetic children. TNF-alpha concentrations were similar in non-diabetic and diabetic children. CONCLUSIONS: Circulating concentrations of adipocytokines are abnormal in Type 1 diabetic children, although the direction of change differs by cytokine. Pubertal development, in addition to insulin treatment and glycaemic control, also influences the concentrations.     

Glomerular lesions in adolescents with gross hematuria or the nephrotic syndrome

We report clinical and pathological data in 56 adolescents presenting with gross hematuria (GH) and 65 presenting with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS). IgA nephropathy (present in 52%) and other mesangial lesions were found in the majority of the 56 patients with GH. Many of these patients had complex urological procedures prior to consideration of a nephrological problem. This often led to significant delays in making the appropriate diagnosis. Pathological lesions in the 65 patients with INS included minimal change NS (MCNS) in 31%, membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in 18.5% each, and membranoproliferative GN (MPGN) in 12%. In 47 of the patients with INS, in whom no specific treatment had been given prior to renal biopsy, MCNS and MGN were observed with a similar frequency (26% and 23%, respectively), with FSGS and MPGN being found in 21% and 11%. These results indicate that the pathological lesions in adolescents with INS who undergo a renal biopsy more closely resemble those in adults, and are usually more severe than those in young children. However, it should be noted that our study was retrospective. Hence, there were probably some adolescents with INS who had a successful response to therapy and therefore did not have a renal biopsy performed. Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group (Central Office, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Tex., USA). Director, Ronald J. Hogg; Associate Directors, Fred G. Silva and F. Bruder Stapleton; Statistician, Joan S. Reisch; Administrative Assistant, Kaye Green. Participating Centers—Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.: Phillip L. Berry, L. Leighton Hill, Sami A, Sanjad, Edith Hawkins; Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Tex.: Ronald J. Hogg, Kaye Green; Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, La.: Frank Boineau, John E. Lewy, Radhakrishna Baliga, Patrick Walker; University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark.: Watson Arnold, Eileen Ellis, Edward Uthman; University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, Colo.: Gary M. Lum, Wiliam Hammond; University of Oklahoma Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Okla.: James Wenzl, James Matson, Geoffrey Altshuler, Sarah Johnson; University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tenn.: F. Bruder Stapleton, Shane Roy, III, Robert J. Wyatt, Charles McKay, William Murphy; University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, Tex.: Billy S. Arant Jr, Michel Baum, Fred G. Silva, Arthur Weinberg, Craig Argyle, Joseph Rutledge, Ed Eigenbrodt; University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Tex.: Susan B. Conley, Jacques Lemine, Ron Portman, Ann Ince, Regina Verani; University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Tex.: Michael Foulds, Sudesh Makker, Kanwal Kher, Melanie Sweet, Victor Saldivar, Fermin Tio; University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Tex.: Ben H. Brouhard, Alok Kalia, Luther B. Travis, Lisa Hollander, Tito Cavallo, Srinivasan Rajaraman; University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City; Utah: Eileen Brewer, Richard Siegler, Elizabeth Hammond, Theodore Pysher. Note that this list reflects the investigators' addresses and positions during the period of this study and not necessarily their current situations.     

Chronic vitamin E treatment prevents defective endothelium-dependent relaxation in diabetic rat aorta

Summary We examined the effect in rats of 2 months of streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus on relaxation and contraction of aortas in vitro. A further diabetic group was treated from time of diabetes induction with a 1% dietary supplement of vitamin E. Diabetes caused a 26.5% deficit (p<0.001) in maximum endothelium-dependent relaxation to acetylcholine in phenylephrine-precontracted aortas. This was 64.3% attenuated (p<0.01) by vitamin E treatment; maximum relaxation was not significantly altered compared to non-diabetic rats. Vitamin E treatment of non-diabetic rats did not significantly affect acetylcholine-induced relaxation. Diabetes or treatment did not significantly alter acetylcholine sensitivity. Endothelium-independent relaxation response to glyceryl trinitrate was not affected by diabetes or vitamin E treatment, indicating that vascular smooth muscle responses to nitric oxide remained unaltered. There was a 35.4% reduction in the maximum contractile response to phenylephrine with diabetes (p<0.05) which was unaffected by vitamin E treatment. The data suggest that the chronic deficit in nitric oxide-mediated endothelium-dependent relaxation in diabetes depends largely upon excess activity of reactive oxygen species. Treatment with vitamin E to increase free radical scavenging specifically protected vascular endothelium although it had no effect on deficits in vascular smooth muscle contractile responses.Abbreviations NO Nitric oxide - ARI aldose reductase inhibitor - ACH acetylcholine - GTN glyceryl trinitrate - GSH reduced form of glutathione - EC₅₀ effective concentration for 50% of the maximal response     

丹参注射液治疗糖尿病周围神经病变

筛选出非胰岛素依赖型糖尿病伴周围神经病变患者５３例，随机分两组。两组患者均接受糖尿病常规治疗，同时其中一组加用丹参注液治疗，一组做为对照，结果显示：与对照组相经治疗组症状改善显著，并且改善症状所需时间也缩短，表明丹参注射液有助于糖尿病周围神经病变的恢复。     

糖尿病大鼠肺病理改变及同期肾脏病理变化对比

目的:观察糖尿病(DM)大鼠肺组织改变及与同期肾脏变化的关系.方法:链脲菌素腹腔注射制作糖尿病大鼠模型,4周后胶原、网状纤维染色及透射电镜方法观察糖尿病大鼠肺组织基底膜病理改变,同期观察肾脏改变.结果:DM大鼠4周后肺组织病理改变为毛细血管基底膜及Ⅱ型肺泡上皮细胞基底膜不同程度的增厚及肺间质胶原成分等细胞外基质的增多,与同期糖尿病肾脏病变相平行.结论:DM大鼠4周后肺组织与糖尿病肾病相似,主要表现为微血管病变.