scholarly journals Association between socio-demographic factors and blood groups with risk of diabetes mellitus in Dangila hospital, Awi Zone, North West Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 82-87
Author(s):  
H. Berhanie ◽  
Z. Mihretie ◽  
K. T. K. Anandapandian

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease which is categorized as hyperglycemia. This disease is a multi-factorial trait that appears by interactions of genetic, immunological, and environmental factors. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted through case–control method of study in Dangila, Ethiopia. The total number of individuals included as study subjects was 403, of these 201 were diabetic patients (81 type I and 120 type II diabetic patients) and 202 were non-diabetics patients. From 403 participants, 225 were males and 178 were females. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. Results: A significant association was obtained between sex, age, marital status, blood group and Rh factors with diabetes mellitus but not with residence and family histories. Male from sex, above 40 years from age, married from marital status were more susceptible for diabetes, contrary females, 16-40 years and singles were lower risk of diabetic than other comparable categories. In case of blood group, type A was more susceptible and blood type O and AB were lower risk rate of diabetes mellitus. Additionally blood AB/Rh negative individuals were not affected by type I diabetes mellitus. Conclusion: The socio-demographic factor sex, age, and marital status showed a significant association but family history and residence did not show a significant association with DM. In blood groups, the other important point that observed was, no one founds who had AB blood groups that diagnose type one DM. The majority of the study participants had Rh-positive, though the significant difference between diabetic and non-diabetic was observed only in Rh negatives.

Author(s):  
B Satish ◽  
Prashant Kumar ◽  
S Avanti ◽  
Shruti Singh

Abstract Introduction: Diabetes mellitus has emerged as a major global health problem. Diagnosing and monitoring diabetes is the best way for its prevention, thus reducing the burden of disease. As saliva is easily available and accessible when compared with serum, salivary biomarkers have gained importance in recent years and, therefore, can be helpful in diagnosing the disease. Aims: The purpose of this study was to estimate the salivary amylase level in patients with types I and II diabetes mellitus and to correlate these findings with those of nondiabetic individuals in order to ascertain its value as a biochemical indicator for diagnosing and monitoring the patients. Materials and methods: Three groups of patients were selected for the present study. Group A: 20 nondiabetic, healthy individuals; group B: 20 type I diabetes mellitus patients; group C: 20 type II diabetes mellitus patients. Fasting and postprandial unstimulated saliva samples were collected and subjected for analysis of salivary amylase. Estimation of salivary amylase was determined by direct substrate method. Results: The mean fasting salivary amylase level for types I and II diabetic and nondiabetic individuals was 245.60, 239.10, and 149 U/dL respectively, whereas the mean postprandial salivary amylase was 257.35, 246.15, and 154.2 U/dL respectively. The mean value of variables was compared using Student's t test and one-way analysis of variance test. Conclusion: The mean salivary amylase level was significantly increased in both types I and II diabetic individuals as compared with healthy nondiabetic subjects (p < 0.05). However, there was no significant difference in the mean of types I and II diabetic patients.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Lina T. Al Kury

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder commonly characterized by high blood glucose levels, resulting from defects in insulin production or insulin resistance, or both. DM is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, with diabetic cardiomyopathy as one of its main complications. It is well established that cardiovascular complications are common in both types of diabetes. Electrical and mechanical problems, resulting in cardiac contractile dysfunction, are considered as the major complications present in diabetic hearts. Inevitably, disturbances in the mechanism(s) of Ca2+ signaling in diabetes have implications for cardiac myocyte contraction. Over the last decade, significant progress has been made in outlining the mechanisms responsible for the diminished cardiac contractile function in diabetes using different animal models of type I diabetes mellitus (TIDM) and type II diabetes mellitus (TIIDM). The aim of this review is to evaluate our current understanding of the disturbances of Ca2+ transport and the role of main cardiac proteins involved in Ca2+ homeostasis in the diabetic rat ventricular cardiomyocytes. Exploring the molecular mechanism(s) of altered Ca2+ signaling in diabetes will provide an insight for the identification of novel therapeutic approaches to improve the heart function in diabetic patients.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendelin Wolfram ◽  
Kai M. T. Sauerwein ◽  
Christoph J. Binder ◽  
Nicole Eibl-Musil ◽  
Hermann M. Wolf ◽  
...  

1999 ◽  
pp. 368-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
MA Christofilis ◽  
J Carrere ◽  
C Atlan-Gepner ◽  
C Zevaco-Mattei ◽  
C Thivolet ◽  
...  

OBJECTIVE: In type I diabetes mellitus, early markers of beta cell damage are needed in order to detect the infraclinical development of the disease. The reg protein may be a good candidate, as the reg gene has been proposed to play a role in the pancreatic beta cell destruction/regeneration process during diabetogenesis in animal models of autoimmune diabetes. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis whether serum reg protein level could be representative of either the destructive or regenerative process at the beta cell level during the early phases of type I diabetes in humans. DESIGN AND METHODS: We used a highly specific immunoassay to measure serum reg protein level in controls and in three groups of either diabetes prone or diabetic subjects: recently diagnosed diabetic patients, long-standing diabetic patients and islet cell antibody-positive non-diabetic subjects. RESULTS: We found no significant difference between the values observed in these three groups in comparison with control group (90.7+/-18.1ng/ml, 83.1+/-5.6ng/ml, 98.7+/-24.5ng/ml vs 85.5+/- 5.6ng/ml respectively). Moreover, when the insulin reserve was evaluated at 6 months in the recently diagnosed group, serum reg protein levels were not different between patients with or without residual insulin secretion (at onset: 103+/-42 vs 70.3+/-8. 5ng/ml respectively; at 6 months: 79.7+/-25.8ng/ml vs 81.6+/-15ng/ml respectively). In contrast, trypsin levels were significantly lower in every group of diabetic patients. Results were expressed as means +/- S.E.M. and groups compared by Student's t-test (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that serum reg protein level cannot be used as a marker for the progression of the diabetogenic process in type I diabetes.


1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emaad M. Abdel-Rahman ◽  
Maureen Wakeen ◽  
Stephen W. Zimmerman

Objectives Long-term experience of patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) in general, and in diabetic patients specifically, is limited. Few patients have been followed on PD for over 8 years. Our aim was to evaluate and characterize long-term survivors (L TS) on PD for more than 100 months. A retrospective analysis of 20 patients who survived on PD for more than 100 months was performed. Data on long-term survivors was compared to data of 103 patients who died or switched to hemodialysis (HD) in less than 100 months. Design The study included all patients starting PD prior to 1 January 1986. Demographic, biochemical, dialysis prescription, and morbidity data were obtained on these patients. Characteristics of long-term survivors on PD (more than 100 months), was compared with those who died or switched to HD in less than 100 months, using Student t-test. Setting An experienced single center, university-based dialysis program. Patients 165 patients started PD at the University of Wisconsin prior to 1 January 1986. Forty three had type I diabetes mellitus and 24 had type II diabetes mellitus as the cause of their renal failure. Results Twenty patients survived on PD more than 100 months (L TS). Long-term survival of type I diabetic patients was seen in 7 of 43 patients at risk. Seventeen type I diabetics received renal transplants and ten died. 103 patients either died or switched to HD in less than 100 months. Long-term survivors were significantly younger, weighed less, had fewer episodes of peritonitis, fewer hospital days, and were prescribed more dialysis per kg body weight, than those who died or switched to HD prior to 100 months. Conclusions Long-term survival on CAPD for longer than 100 months is possible with survival periods up to 18 years in both males and females and in nondiabetics as well as patients with type I diabetes mellitus. No patient with type II diabetes mellitus survived longer than 100 months on CAPD. In comparison to short-term survivors, long-term survivors were characterized by being younger, weighing less, having fewer episodes of peritonitis, fewer hospital days, and were prescribed more dialysis/kg body weight.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Smith ◽  
Isaac Okai ◽  
Chrissie Stansie Abaidoo ◽  
Emmanuel Acheampong

ABO blood group and body mass index (BMI) have individually been appraised as risk factors for certain diseases. From statistical perspective, it may be important to examine the relationship between the ABO blood antigen and BMI. This cross-sectional study involved 412 participants aged 18 to 46 at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. Weight and height of participants were measured for BMI calculation; blood group determination was done using antisera. Blood group O was the most prevalent (51.2%), while Rhesus-positive individuals constituted 90.3%. 6.3% of the participants were obese, while 18.7% were overweight. There was significant (p=0.006) higher prevalence of obesity in females (10.3%) than in males (3.4%). The study did not observe any significant difference by association of ABO blood group with gender (p=0.973), BMI (p=0.307), or Rhesus status (p=0.723). Regarding gender (p=0.400) and BMI (p=0.197), no statistically significant difference was observed between Rhesus blood groups. The prevalence of overweight, obesity, blood type O, and rhesus positive observed among students in this study is largely similar to what has been reported in published studies in Ghana and from other countries. Overweight and obesity were not associated with ABO blood groups or Rhesus in this study.


2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 761-765
Author(s):  
Fariba Tarhani ◽  
Ghobad Heidari ◽  
Alireza Nezami

AbstractObjectivesReduced levels of α-Klotho is associated with the pathogenesis of various diseases including diabetes. In type I diabetes, decrease in Klotho leads to apoptosis of β-cells of pancreases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the levels of α-Klotho in type I diabetic pediatric patients.MethodsIn this cross-sectional single centered study, 46 patients presenting type I diabetes mellitus (case group) and 78 control group under the age of 12, referred to our clinic were included in our study. Serum levels of soluble Klotho were measured by sandwich ELISA in case and control groups. Statistical analysis was conducted for the data recorded via questionnaire.ResultsMean age of the patients in the case and control group was 7.65 ± 3.09 and 7 ± 2.37, respectively. Type I diabetes patients had a significant reduction in the levels of serum Klotho, as compared to controls (p<0.001). However, gender and age-based comparison between patient and control group was not significant.ConclusionsThis study reports a significant decrease in the serum levels of α-Klotho in type 1 diabetic patients. Low levels of Klotho can be associated with diabetic nephropathy and other comorbidities in these patients.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minfei Peng ◽  
Shigao Huang ◽  
Shitu Zhu ◽  
Chaochao Chen ◽  
Jiajia Qin ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Since December 2019, the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has become a global health emergency. To date, studies on the correlation between ABO blood groups and COVID-19 infected risk had rarely reported. This study aimed to describe the ABO blood groups distribution and association to low risk of COVID-19 infection for effectively concerning about the susceptible population. Methods We included 138 COVID-19 diagnosed patients and 82 non- COVID-19 patients between January 21 and February 20, 2020.We compared ABO blood group distribution, gender distribution and correlation analysis in Severe, Non-severe and Non-COVID19 patients, and analyzed the laboratory indexes of type O and non-type O groups in COVID19 patients. Results The laboratory results were significantly difference between type O and non-type O COVID19 patients (P < 0.05). Patients with blood type O had lower risk of severe COVID-19 infection (χ2 = 4.066, p = 0.044, OR = 0.380), and especially, female with the type O blood had lower risk in deteriorating severe COVID19 infection (p = 0.049). Conclusion Patients with the blood group of type O had relatively lower risk of COVID19 infection, especially, female with the type O blood had lower risk in deteriorating severe COVID19 infection. We should concern more to the patients with non-type O blood to minimize the risk of COVID19 infection.


Blood ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 106 (11) ◽  
pp. 4032-4032
Author(s):  
Patrick Van Dreden ◽  
Aurelie Rousseau ◽  
Thomas Exner ◽  
Marc Vasse ◽  
Geneviéve Ozenne ◽  
...  

Abstract Diabetes is associated with disturbances in haemostasis that are thought to result in an increased incidence of thrombotic complications and cardiovascular disease. The aim of this pilot study was to monitor activation of haemostasis using specific markers for platelet activation and coagulation. Plasma samples (all blood collected and plasma prepared in the same hospital under the same conditions) were obtained from twenty diabetic patients (8 with type I and 12 with type II) and twenty one normal control volunteers. To monitor coagulation these samples were evaluated with the partial thromboplastin time (APTT), prothrombin time (PT) and D-dimer (D-Di) - all reagents from Diagnostica Stago, Asniéres, France. Platelet activation was monitored with a novel method for monitoring procoagulant phospholipids microparticles (PPM) using a factor Xa-based coagulation assay. In this assay shortened clotting times are associated with increased levels of PPM and thus platelet activation. APTT Sec. PT % PPM Sec. D-Di μg/l Controls 34.6 (29.4–39.6) 93.1 (79–109) 57.5 (51.1–74.9) 0.22 (0.22–0.45) Type I Diabetes 34.5 (33.1–36.7) 96.9 (92–102.5) 33.8 (19.1–44.2) 1.6 (0.22–3.6) Type II Diabetes 36.8 (33.2–40.4) 96 (59.4–112.5) 48.3 (44.2–51.2) 0.7 (0.22–1.7) Significantly higher levels of both PPM and DD were found in Type I diabetes patients compared with controls (both P&lt;0.001). In type II diabetes the levels of both were lower than those found in Type I diabetes but both were still higher than the controls (PPM and DDi at p&lt;0.001 and p&lt;0.01 level respectively), only the differences in levels of PPM reaching significance between type I and type II diabetes (p&lt;0.01). The more severe the diabetes (type I &gt; type II) the greater the level activation of haemostasis that is observed. The increases in PPM could account in part for the development or progression of arthrosclerosis in patients with diabetes mellitus. The increased level of D-Di confirms the increased hypercoagulability of these patients. Although this was a small pilot study and further studies are needed to confirm these findings it is interesting to speculate on the usefulness of both the PPM assay and D-Di assays in monitoring the development/severity of diabetes and its complications. The PPM assay may prove to be especially useful in monitoring progression of the disease.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alihan Oral ◽  
Tolga Sahin

AbstractHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide. There are many factors in the etiology of HCC such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), alcohol, obesity, smoking and aflatoxin. Many types of cancer are assumed to be associated with ABO blood group and Rhesus factor (RH). In this study we aimed to evaluate the relationship between tumor characteristics and overall survival (OS), ABO blood group and RH factor in patients with HCC. A total of 507 patients with chronic liver disease (252 patients with HCC and 255 patients without HCC) were included in the study. All demographic, clinic and laboratory (biochemical parameters and blood type) features were collected retrospectively. The mean age of the patients was 54.50 ± 9.30. There was no significant difference in both ABO groups and RH factors between the two groups. We found that vascular invasion rate of the tumor was higher in the B blood group and multicentric localization of tumor was significantly higer in patients with positive RH but there was no difference between OS in ABO and RH blood groups. In addition, the tumor was less multicentric in the AB blood group. Blood groups and RH factor can be used to predict the prognosis in cirrhotic patients with HCC.


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