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1 August 1998
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ISSN 0149-5992
EISSN 1935-5548
In this Issue
Editorial
Isn't It Time to Retire the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test for Diabetes Screening and Diagnosis?
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1215-1216. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1215
Original Articles
Clinical Care / Education / Nutrition
Successful Treatment With Plasmapheresis, Cyclophosphamide, and Cyclosporin A in Type B Syndrome of Insulin Resistance: Case report
Jan W Eriksson, MD; Tomas Bremell, MD; Björn Eliasson, MD; Jesper Fowelin, MD; Linda Fredriksson; Zhi-Wen Yu, PHD
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1217-1220. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1217
Combined Use of a Fasting Plasma Glucose Concentration and HbA1c or Fructosamine Predicts the Likelihood of Having Diabetes in High-Risk Subjects
Gary T C Ko, MRCPI; Juliana C N Chan, FRCP; Vincent T F Yeung, FRCP; Chun-Chung Chow, FRCP; Lynn W W Tsang, MPHIL; June K Y Li, MRCP; Wing-Yi So, MRCP; Hendena P S Wai, MBCHB; Clive S Cockram, FRCP
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1221-1225. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1221
Growth Changes in Children and Adolescents With Short-Term Diabetes
Emilio Bognetti, MD; Maria Cristina Riva, MD; Riccardo Bonfanti, MD; Franco Meschi, MD; Matteo Viscardi, MD; Giuseppe Chiumello, MD
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1226-1229. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1226
Epidemiology / Health Services / Psychosocial Research
Is the Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy Greater in Non-Hispanic Blacks and Mexican Americans Than in Non-Hispanic Whites With Type 2 Diabetes?: A U.S. population study
Maureen I Harris, PHD, MPH; Ronald Klein, MD, MPH; Catherine C Cowie, PHD, MPH; Michael Rowland; Danita D Byrd-Holt
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1230-1235. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1230
Isolated Postchallenge Hyperglycemia and the Risk of Fatal Cardiovascular Disease in Older Women and Men: The Rancho Bernardo Study
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1236-1239. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1236
Potential Economic Benefits of Lower-Extremity Amputation Prevention Strategies in Diabetes
Daniel A Ollendorf, MPH; James G Kotsanos, MD, MS; William J Wishner, MD; Mark Friedman, MD; Tamara Cooper, RN, CDE; Marisa Bittoni, MS; Gerry Oster, PHD
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1240-1245. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1240
Fasting Plasma Glucose Is a Useful Test for the Detection of Gestational Diabetes
Angela J Reichelt, MD, PHD; Ethel R Spichler, MD, PHD; Leandro Branchtein, MD; Luciana B Nucci, BS; Laércio J Franco, MD, PHD; Maria Inês Schmidt, MD, PHD; Brazilian Study of Gestational Diabetes (EBDG) Working Group
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1246-1249. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1246
History of Gestational Diabetes Leads to Distinct Metabolic Alterations in Nondiabetic African-American Women With a Parental History of Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1250-1257. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1250
Adverse Effects of Diabetes on Multiple Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Women: The Strong Heart Study
Barbara V Howard, PHD; Linda D Cowan, PHD; Oscar Go, PHD; Thomas K Welty, MD, MPH; David C Robbins, MD; Elisa T Lee, PHD; Strong Heart Study Investigators
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1258-1265. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1258
Reversion From Type 2 Diabetes to Nondiabetic Status: Influence of the 1997 American Diabetes Association criteria
James P Burke, PHD; Steven M Haffner, MD; Sharon P Gaskill, MPH; Kenneth L Williams, MS; Michael P Stern, MD
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1266-1270. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1266
Was There an Epidemic of Diabetes in Nonwhite Adolescents in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania?
Ingrid M Libman, MD, PHD; Ronald E LaPorte, PHD; Dorothy Becker, MBBCH, FCP; Janice S Dorman, PHD; Allan L Drash, MD; Lewis Kuller, MD, DRPH
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1278-1281. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1278
Diabetes Care for Medicare Beneficiaries: Attitudes and behaviors of primary care physicians
Jan Drass, RN, MA, CDE; Sherron Kell, MD; Morris Osborn, MD, MPH; Barker Bausell, PHD; James Corcoran, Jr, MD; Alan Moskowitz, MS; Barbara Fleming, MD, PHD
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1282-1287. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1282
Emerging Treatments and Technologies
Role of Orlistat in the Treatment of Obese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A 1-year randomized double-blind study
Priscilla A Hollander, MD, PHD; Steven C Elbein, MD; Irl B Hirsch, MD; David Kelley, MD; Janet McGill, MD; Terry Taylor, MD; Stuart R Weiss, MD; Samuel E Crockett, MD; Roy A Kaplan, MD; John Comstock, MD; Charles P Lucas, MD; Peter A Lodewick, MD; William Canovatchel, MD; Jain Chung, MD; Jonathan Hauptman, MD
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1288-1294. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1288
Hydroperoxides in Plasma Are Reduced by Intensified Insulin Treatment: A randomized controlled study of IDDM patients with microalbuminuria
Tore Julsrud Berg, MD; Jaffar Nourooz-Zadeh, BSC, PHD; Simon P Wolff, MA, DPHIL†; Hans J Tritschler, PHD; Hans-Jacob Bangstad, MD, PHD; Kristian F Hanssen, MD, PHD
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1295-1300. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1295
Further Evidence for a Central Role of Adipose Tissue in the Antihyperglycemic Effect of Metformin
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1301-1305. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1301
Pathophysiology / Complications
Diabetic Nephropathy in Hypertransfused Patients With β-Thalassemia: The role of oxidative stress
Ronen Loebstein, MD; Denis C Lehotay, PHD; Xiaoping Luo, MD; Wally Bartfay, MSC; Bev Tyler, BSCN; Graham D Sher, MD
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1306-1309. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1306
Insufficient Glycemic Control Increases Nuclear Factor-κB Binding Activity in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Isolated From Patients With Type 1 Diabetes
Marion A Hofmann, MD; Stephan Schiekofer, MD; Michael Kanitz; Martina S Klevesath, MD; Martina Joswig, MD; Vong Lee, MD; Michael Morcos, MD; Hans Tritschler, PHD; Reinhard Ziegler, MD; Peter Wahl, MD; Angelika Bierhaus, PHD; Peter P Nawroth, MD
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1310-1316. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1310
Distortion-Product Otoacoustic Emissions and Selective Sensorineural Loss in IDDM
Walter Di Nardo, MD; Giovanni Ghirlanda, MD; Gaetano Paludetti, MD; Stefania Cercone, MD; Caterina Saponara, MD; Massimiliano Del Ninno, MD; Stefano Di Girolamo, MD; Paolo Magnani, MD; Mauro A S Di Leo, MD
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1317-1321. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1317
Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: Effectiveness of electrotherapy and amitriptyline for symptomatic relief
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1322-1325. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1322
Physiological Importance of First-Phase Insulin Release in Elderly Patients With Diabetes
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1326-1329. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1326
Effect of Glycemic Control on Glucose Counterregulation During Hypoglycemia in NIDDM
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1330-1338. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1330
Differences in Foot and Forearm Skin Microcirculation in Diabetic Patients With and Without Neuropathy
Subodh Arora, MD; Paula Smakowski, MS, PT; Robert G Frykberg, DPM; Louis R Simeone, DPM; Roy Freeman, MD; Frank W LoGerfo, MD; Aristidis Veves, MD
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1339-1344. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1339
Long-Term Lisinopril Therapy Reduces Exercise-Induced Albuminuria in Normoalbuminuric Normotensive IDDM Patients
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1345-1348. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1345
Ultrasonographic Manifestations of Carotid Atherosclerosis and Glucose Intolerance in Elderly Eastern Finnish Men
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1349-1352. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1349
Resistance Training Improves Insulin Sensitivity in NIDDM Subjects Without Altering Maximal Oxygen Uptake
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1353-1355. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1353
Reviews / Commentaries / Position Statements
Perspectives On The News
International Diabetes Federation Meeting, 1997, and Other Recent Meetings: Atherosclerosis and related topics
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1356-1363. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1356
Letters: Observations
Lactic Acidosis With Therapeutic Metformin Blood Level in a Low-Risk Diabetic Patient
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1364-1365. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1364
Patient Acceptance and Use of an Emergency Telephone Hotline Service in Pediatric Diabetes Care
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1365. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1365
Lactic Acidosis in Metformin Therapy: Relationship between plasma metformin concentration and renal function
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1366-1367. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1366
Four Years After the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Report: Nonimplementation in High-Risk Patients
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1367-1369. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1367
Use of the HemoCue Blood Glucose Analyzer in Research Studies
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1369-1370. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1369
Mutations in HFE, the Hemochromatosis Candidate Gene, in Patients With NIDDM
Danièle Dubois-Laforgue, MD; Sophie Caillat-Zucman, MD; Idriss Djilali-Saiah, MD, PHD; Etienne Larger, MD; Anne Mercadier, MD; Christian Boitard, MD, PHD; Jean-François Bach, MD, PHD; José Timsit, MD
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1371-1372. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1371
Low Incidence of IDDM in Children of Veracruz-Boca del Rio, Veracruz: Results of the first validated IDDM registry in Mexico
Olga Aude Rueda, MD; Ingrid M Libman, MD, PHD; Nelly Altamirano Bustamante, MD; Carlos Robles Valdes, MD; Ronald E LaPorte, MD
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1372-1373. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1372
Finger Infection Resulting From Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose and a New Aid for Reducing Risk
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1373-1374. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1373
Letters: Comments and Responses
Impact on a Population-Based Registry off Changing Diagnostic Thresholds for Diabetes
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1374-1375. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1374
Dry Eyes in Diabetes
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1375. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1375a
Response to Jain
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1375-1376. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1375b
Ketoacidosis-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in Japanese: Association with the widespread distribution of soft drinks and vending machines
Shoichiro Nagasaka, MD; San-E Ishikawa, MD; Naoki Itabashi, MD; Kumiko Rokkaku, MD; Toshikazu Saito, MD
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1376-1377. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1376
Response to Nagasaka et al: Ketoacidosis-onset type 2 diabetes: clinical features and implicatio
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1377-1378. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1377
Comments on the Position Statements “Management of Dyslipidemia in Adults With Diabetes” and “Diabetic Retinopathy”
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1378-1379. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1378
Hypoglycemia and Reduction of the Insulin Requirement as a Sign of Celiac Disease in Children With IDDM
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1379-1380. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1379b
Response to Iafusco et al: Coexistence of celiac disease in patients with IDDM
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1380-1381. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1380
Errata
Issues and Updates
Issues and Updates
Diabetes Care August 1998, Vol.21, 1383-1384. doi:https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1383
