Effects of Long-Term Testosterone Therapy on Patients with “Diabesity”: Results of Observational Studies of Pooled Analyses in Obese Hypogonadal Men with Type 2 Diabetes by Ahmad Haider, Aksam Yassin, Gheorghe Doros, Farid Saad

“…Weight, height, waist circumference (WC), fasting blood glucose (FBG), glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) blood pressure, lipid profile, C-reactive protein (CRP), and liver enzymes were measured. …”
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Impact of Severe Obesity and Weight Loss on Systolic Left Ventricular Function and Morphology: Assessment by 2-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography by Sevda Karimian, Jürgen Stein, Boris Bauer, Claudius Teupe

“…Left atrial and ventricular dimensions were in normal range before fasting and remained unchanged after weight loss. …”
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Clinical and Biochemical Features Used to Classify Type-1 and Type-2 Diabetes: A Scoping Review by Ulagamadesan Venkatesan, Anandakumar Amutha, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Ranjit Unnikrishnan, Bagavandas Mappillairajan, Viswanathan Mohan

“…C-peptide measures, encompassing urinary C-peptide to creatinine ratio (UCPCR), and serum fasting and stimulated C-peptide levels further augment classification. …”
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Intake of S-Methylmethionine Alters Glucose Metabolism and Hepatic Gene Expression in C57BL/6J High-Fat-Fed Mice by Mariana Buranelo Egea, Gavin Pierce, Neil Shay

“…HF+SMM-fed mice show improved regulation in glucose metabolism, demonstrated by the assessment of fasting glucose, insulin concentration, and HOMA-IR, compared with the HF-fed group. …”
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The effect of high-sugar feeding on rodent metabolic phenotype: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Sophie Lucic Fisher, G. Jean Campbell, Alistair Senior, Kim Bell-Anderson

“…High-sugar feeding, with fructose in particular, altered liver phenotype; ALT (d = 1.08; 0.66, 1.5), triglyceride content (d = 0.52; 0.25, 0.78), cholesterol (d = 0.59; 0.16, 1.03) and liver mass (d = 0.93; 0.37, 1.48), and glucose tolerance; fasting glucose (d = 0.60; 0.18, 1.01) and fasting insulin (d = 0.42; 0.07, 0.77) but not body weight or energy intake. …”
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Impact of Yoga Practice on Lipid Profile and Insulin Resistance in Overweight and Obese Individuals – A Pilot Study by Abhijeet Shelke, Ramesh Kawade, Subhradeep Bhattacharya, Vishal Sarkar, Neevhashiny Selvaraj

“…Homeostasis model assessment-estimated insulin resistance (P < 0.001), fasting blood glucose (P < 0.001), fasting insulin (P < 0.006), quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (P < 0.001), and glycosylated hemoglobin (P = 0.001) were statistically significant, before and after yoga intervention. …”
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Short-Term Effect of Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion and Multiple Daily Injection in Perioperative Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Wei Song, Jianxuan Wen, Jinming Zhang, Meng Luo, Yue Hu, Yu Zhang, Guanjie Fan, Ling Zhao

“…Regarding slack variables, with higher surgical levels, the CSII group was closer to the ideal state than the MDI group, which indicated in improving the average fasting blood glucose (AFBG), antibiotic use days (AUD), preoperative blood glucose control time (PBGCT), first postoperative day fasting blood glucose (FPDFBG), and postoperative hospitalization days (PHD). …”
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A Study of Serum Adiponectin Levels in Patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and its Correlation with Various Cardiometabolic Risk Markers by G. Surendra Prasad, Uma Kaimal Saikia, Ashok Krishna Bhuyan, Abhamoni Baro

“…Materials and Methods: All the included subjects underwent detailed clinical, biochemical and hormonal evaluation, including lipid profile, 75 g oral glucose tolerance test, fasting serum insulin, fasting serum adiponectin, oxLDL, total testosterone and anti-Mullerian hormone. …”
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Reverse Dipping of Blood Pressure in Patients of Hypertension with and without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Kanwal Shahid, Nauman Ismat Butt, Tooba Iqbal, Rubaba Khan, Anum Rasheed, Iqra Azam

“…Results: Mean age was 51.18±10.1 years with 54 (60.0%) were male and 36 (40.0%) females. Mean fasting blood glucose and mean random blood glucose levels were 87.32±13.2 mg/dl and 152.76±21.8 mg/dl respectively. …”
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Sweets and other sugary foods – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 by Henna Vepsäläinen, Emily Sonestedt

“…In the EFSA review, conclusions were not drawn for other sugar sources than sugar-sweetened beverages. However, for fasting glucose, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, fasting triglycerides, and uric acid, there was a statistically significant effect of high sugar intake from solid foods compared to low sugar intake. …”
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A high-fat meal significantly impacts the bioavailability and biphasic absorption of cannabidiol (CBD) from a CBD-rich extract in men and women by Bo Anne Daniëlla Frederique Saals, Tessa Helena De Bie, Eral Osmanoglou, Ties van de Laar, Adriaan Willem Tuin, Anne Claire Benedikte van Orten-Luiten, Renger Frederik Witkamp

“…Using a randomized crossover design, the study evaluated the impact of a standardized high-fat meal compared to fasting on the oral bioavailability of CBD. Consumption of a high-fat meal significantly increases the bioavailability of CBD. …”
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Concentration of Asprosin Associated with Poor Control of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Diyala Province by Alaa Abed Mahmoud, Walaa Ismael Jassim, Ahmed Abdul Hussein Mohsin, Ahmed M. Senan

“… A newly secreted adipokine called asprosin is brought on by fasting as well as encourages hepatic glucose release. …”
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Probiotics Fermented Bitter Melon Juice as Promising Complementary Agent for Diabetes Type 2: Study on Animal Model by Laksmi Hartajanie, S. Fatimah-Muis, K. Heri-Nugroho HS, Ign Riwanto, M. Sulchan

“…Although MC gave significant results in increasing SOD and lowering fasting as well as postprandial blood glucose, fermented MC was better than MC, and acarbose still gave the best results.…”
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Differential Relationship between Intermuscular Adipose Depots with Indices of Cardiometabolic Health by Robert E. Bergia, Jung Eun Kim, Wayne W. Campbell

“…IMAT was regressed separately against fasting serum glucose concentrations, insulin, homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), and lipids and lipoproteins. …”
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Relation of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Levels to Macrovascular Disease and Inflammation Markers in Type 2 Diabetic Patients by Mustafa Celik, Serkan Cerrah, Mahmut Arabul, Aysen Akalin

“…We recruited 50 type 2 diabetic patients with atherosclerosis, 50 type 2 diabetic patients without atherosclerosis, and 31 healthy control patients into our study. We obtained fasting serum and plasma samples and measured HbA1c, fasting blood glucose, C-peptide, creatinine, total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, hsCRP, fibrinogen, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, total homocysteine, and ADMA levels. …”
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Serum Osteocalcin Is Associated with Inflammatory Factors in Metabolic Syndrome: A Population-Based Study in Chinese Males by Ming Liao, Lirong Huang, Yan Mao, Yonghua Jiang, Ziting Yao, Xinggu Lin, Zheng Lu, Chunlei Wu, Xue Qin, Haiying Zhang, Zengnan Mo

“…Moreover, serum OCN was inversely associated with hsCRP in men with impaired fasting glucose, hyperglycemia, or metabolic syndrome, while its association with IgE was significantly observed in men with a normal metabolic profile.…”
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Disperse Dyes Based on Thiazole, Their Dyeing Application on Polyester Fiber and Their Antimicrobial Activity by S. K. Zadafiya, J. H. Tailor, G. M. Malik

“…These dyes were applied to polyester fiber by HTHP method and their fastness properties were evaluated. Dyes were characterized by IR, elemental analysis, and NMR spectral studies. …”
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Observational study: effect of varying transport durations and feed withdrawal on the physiological status and health of dairy calves by Luca L. van Dijk, Susanne Siegmann, Niamh L. Field, Katie Sugrue, Cornelis G. van Reenen, Eddie A. M. Bokkers, Muireann Conneely, Gearoid Sayers

“…Abstract Long-distance transport and associated fasting of unweaned calves have the potential to compromise the animals’ welfare. …”
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Synaptosomal Protein of 25 kDa (Snap25) Polymorphisms Associated with Glycemic Parameters in Type 2 Diabetes Patients by Nasser M. Al-Daghri, Andrea S. Costa, Majed S. Alokail, Milena Zanzottera, Amal M. Alenad, Abdul Khader Mohammed, Mario Clerici, Franca R. Guerini

“…Significantly higher levels of fasting glucose and HbA1c were detected in T2DM patients carrying the rs363050 (AG/GG) genotypes compared to the (AA) genotype (f=4.41, df=1, and p=0.03 and f=5.31, df=1, and p=0.03, resp.). …”
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Fiber in Diet Is Associated with Improvement of Glycated Hemoglobin and Lipid Profile in Mexican Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Lubia Velázquez-López, Abril Violeta Muñoz-Torres, Carmen García-Peña, Mardia López-Alarcón, Sergio Islas-Andrade, Jorge Escobedo-de la Peña

“…A cross-sectional survey of 395 patients with type 2 diabetes was performed. HbA1c, fasting glucose, triglycerides, and lipids profile were measured. …”
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