Diabetic Medicine

Guest Editorial

Estimated average glucose (eAG): fit for purpose?
Eric S. Kilpatrick

Commentary from Copenhagen on the NICE guideline on management of diabetes and its complications from pre-conception to the postnatal period.Elisabeth R Mathiesen and Peter Damm

Letter

Methodology problems in using eGFR to investigate the prevalence of Renal Anaemia

Postprandial triglyceridaemia in men with impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes.
R. Oka, K. Yagi, S. Hifumi, S. Miyamoto, H. Mabuchi, M. Yamagishi, Y. Takeda, A. Inazu, A. Nohara, M. Kawashiri and J. Kobayashi

Original articles
Treatment of chronic diabetic foot ulcers with bemiparin: A randomised, triple-blind, placebo controlled, clinical trial M. Rullan, L. Cerdà, G. Frontera, L. Masmiquel and J. Llobera

Care Delivery

Glycaemic control and diabetes care utilization in young adults with Type 1 diabetes
Carina Sparud-Lundin, Ingbritt Öhrn, Ella Danielson Gun Forsander

A Comparison of Diabetes Clinics with Different Emphasis on Routine Care, Complications Assessment and Shared Care
NW Cheung DK Yue MA Kotowicz PA Jones and JR Flack

Treatment

Safety and Efficacy of Glargine compared with NPH Insulin for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Lydia A. Bazzano, MD, PhD, Lauren J. Lee, PharmD, MS, Lizheng Shi, MsPharm, PhD, Kristi Reynolds, PhD, Jeffrey A. Jackson, MD and Vivian Fonseca, MD
Metabolism

Longitudinal Screening of Serum Lipids in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes in a UK Clinic Population
Julie A Edge Tim James Brian Shine

Point-of-care testing as a tool for screening for diabetes and prediabetes.
Elaine Rush, Nic Crook and David Simmons

Variability of lipids in patients with type 2 diabetes taking statin treatment: implications for target setting.
Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Stephen L. Atkin, Eric S. Kilpatrick,

Effects of Fat Supplementation on Glycaemic Response and Gastric Emptying in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
M Lodefalk, J Åman and P Bang

Metabolism
Childhood Body Mass Index (BMI), breastfeeding and risk of type 1 diabetes: findings from a longitudinal national birth cohort
Russell M Viner Peter C Hindmarsh Brent Taylor and Timothy J Cole

Combined association of maternal and paternal family history of diabetes on plasma leptin and adiponectin in overweight Hispanic children
Koebnick C, Kelly LA, Lane CJ, Roberts CK, Shaibi GQ, Toledo-Corral CM, Davis JN, Weigensberg MJ and Goran MI

Short reports

HbA1c: the case for using estimated average glucose (eAG)
Philip Home

Hypertriglyceridaemia is associated with an increased likelihood of albuminuria in extreme duration (> 50 years) Type 1 diabetes Manuscript DME-2008-00150C Daousi, SC Bain, AH Barnett and GV Gill

Plasma triglycerides and LDL-cholesterol are related in a parabolic fashion in the general population and patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: long-term follow-up results from the Hoorn study
M.C.G.J. Brouwers, J.M. Dekker, M.M.J. van Greevenbroek, C.J.H. van der Kallen, R.J. Heine, T.W.A. de Bruin and C.D.A. Stehouwer

Review

NICE guidance on Diabetes in pregnancy: management of diabetes and its complications from pre-conception to the postnatal period. NICE clinical guideline 63. London, March 2008.

Case Report

Renal Failure and Rhabdomyolysis Associated With Sitagliptin and Simvastatin Use
David P. Kao, Holbrook E Kohrt, John Kugler

Psychological aspects

A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF AFFECTIVE AND ANXIETY DISORDERS, DEPRESSIVE AFFECT AND DIABETES DISTRESS in ADULTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES
Lawrence Fisher, Marilyn M. Skaff, Joseph T. Mullan, Patricia Arean, Russell Glasgow and Umesh Masharani

PREVALENCE AND REASONS FOR INSULIN REFUSAL in BANGLADESHI PATIENTS WITH POORLY CONTROLLED TYPE 2 DIABETES IN EAST LONDON
Hamida Khan, Shawarna S Lasker, Tahseen A Chowdhury
Psychological aspects

Symptoms of Depression Prospectively Predict Poorer Self-Care in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
JS Gonzalez, SA Safren, LM Delahanty, E Cagliero, DJ Wexler, JB Meigs and RW Grant

The personal cost of diabetic foot disease in developing world a study from Pakistan.
Syed Mansoor Ali, Aslam Fareed, Syed Mujahid Humail, Abdul Basit, Muhammad Yakoob Ahmedani, Asher Fawwad, M. Phil and Zahid Miyan.
Treatment