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Filter by:SUBJECTS: All participants in the RADIEL-study (2008-2011) who delivered (n=535), will be invited to this follow-up study, with their children (age 3-5 years) and the father. The investigations are carried out during two separate visits. The father receives mail questionnaires OVERALL OBJECTIVES: 1. To determine the long-term effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention in high risk women and their offspring a in reducing the incidence of T2DM and cardiovascular disease and their risk factors b in preventing obesity c on biomarkers d on genetic and epigenetics markers . 2. To study the association between maternal diet during pregnancy and metabolic markers in the offspring at age 3-5 years. 3. To study the association between maternal exercise habits during pregnancy and metabolic markers in the offspring at age 3-5 years. 4. To study the association between maternal a) glucose-insulin metabolism b) lipid metabolism c) adipoinsulinar axis and d) inflammatory markers and birth size and later health outcomes in the mothers and their offspring. 5. To study the association between gut microbiota and markers of offspring health 6. To study associations between offspring cardiovascular morphology/function, offspring body size/composition, and maternal cardiovascular risk 7. To study the cost effectiveness of the intervention. METHODS: Maternal measurements 1. Height, weight, waist and hip circumference 2. Blood pressure, pulse 3. Body fat percentage 4. Blood tests e.g. markers of glucose metabolism and lipids, vitamin D, Calcium and bone markers, DNA sample and inflammation markers 5. Fecal and hair samples 6. Diurnal salivary cortisol assessment 7. Background questionnaire: socioeconomic and health-related background 8. Health-related quality of life (15-D). 9. 3-day food diary and exercise diary 10. ArmBand (acceleration sensor), assessment of physical activity and sleep for 7 days 11. Psychological questionnaires 12. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) will be assessed 13. Advanced glycation endproducts - a marker of cardiovascular health will be assessed 14. Dental and oral health 15. Bone health 16. VHRU of arterial structure Paternal measurements 1. Background questionnaire (incl. height, weight, age) 2. DNA-sample (buccal) 3. 3-day food diary 4. Psychological questionnaires 5. Physical activity questionnaire (12 months) Measurements of children 1. Body weight, height, blood pressure, pulse 2. Body fat percentage 3. Psychological questionnaires 4. Food and physical activities diaries 5. ActiGraph, assessment of physical activity and sleep for 7 days 6. Blood samples e.g. glucose- and insulin metabolism, lipids, vitamin D and calcium metabolism, DNA-sample and samples for inflammation markers 7. Fecal, urine and hair samples 8. A copy of child welfare center card (e.g. data on growth, immunizations, health) 9. Endothelial function and pulse wave velocity (PWV) 10. Bone health with peripheral CT 11. Heart structure and function 12. VHRU of arterial structure TIMETABLE Follow up starts in January 2014, and will continue until 2018. Data analysis starts in 2017 and results will be reported from 2018 onwards in international peer-reviewed journals.
The purpose of this study is to study the effect of blocking the renin angiotensin system on urinary free light chain excretion as compared to urine microalbumin creatinine ratio in subjects with type 2 diabetes. The long term goal is to assess urinary free-light chains as a biomarker of earlier detection of kidney function impairment in subjects with diabetes mellitus.
Postprandial hypotension carries a risk of significant morbidity and morbidity including syncope, falls, dizziness, fatigue, stroke and myocardial infarction. Current therapy consists of dietary manipulation (smaller meals) caffeine and octreotide injections all of which are suboptimal and poorly studied. The study hypothesis is that administration of Acarbose will decrease the drop in blood pressure and increase in heart rate in response to food in people with Type 2 diabetes. Acarbose suppresses postprandial glycemia be slowing digestion in the small intestine and delaying gastric emptying. This is a placebo-controlled cross over study involving 2 - 4 hour Meal Tests. During the meal tests heart rate, blood pressure, cerebral artery velocity will be measured. During one meal test subjects will receive Acarbose 50 mg po and during the other will receive placebo. Order of treatment assignment will be done in randomized fashion. A total of approximately 200 cc of blood will be drawn during each meal test.
High intensity interval training is applied for several diseases. Hypothesis: High intensity interval training improves insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes.
The reasons for the epidemics of diabetes and prediabetes, and why individuals from certain populations suffer at higher rates are not well known. In the Pathobiology and Reversibility of Prediabetes in a Biracial Cohort (PROP-ABC) study, nearly 400 African Americans and Caucasians whose parents have type 2 diabetes will undergo repeated testing to determine what factors lead to the occurrence of prediabetes, and whether race still plays a major role in a setting where everyone being studied has one or both parents with diabetes. The PROP-ABC Study also will test the hypothesis that the ability of intensive lifestyle intervention to reverse prediabetes and return people's metabolism back to normal is dependent on how long people have had prediabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is a national epidemic. Diabetes has undesirable effects on blood vessels which may contribute to heart disease. Endothelial Progenitor Cells(EPCs) are found in the blood . Research has shown that improving the survival of these special blood cells may decrease the harmful effects of diabetes on blood vessels and reduce or reverse heart disease. Saxagliptin is an FDA(Food and Drug Administration) approved prescription medicine used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in people with Type 2 diabetes. It is in a class of diabetes medication called DPP-4 inhibitors. DPP-4 inhibitors have been shown to increase EPCs in patients with Type 2 diabetes. Hypothesis: We believe poor viability and function of EPCs in early diabetes ultimately affects the repair and regeneration of the endothelium and that prompt intervention using saxagliptin with another oral hypoglycemic agent, Metformin, may reduce or reverse cardiovascular risk by improving EPC survival and function above and beyond adequate glucose metabolism control.
This project will address the important area of childhood obesity and the risk of cardiovascular disease associated with obesity. This is a serious health concern since children who are overweight or obese are prone to other medical conditions including high blood pressure, abnormal lipid profiles,and type 2 diabetes. Although exercise and nutrition programs are recommended, evidence for the efficacy of these programs in improving cardiovascular health is lacking. Specific Aims: a) improve cardiovascular risk factors, b) increase physical fitness levels, c) improve lean body mass, d) enhance QOL of the child e) influence adherence rates to exercise and a healthy lifestyle change both during and beyond the conclusion of the program. Hypothesis 1a: Compared to baseline and matched controls, children randomized to a 10 week multidisciplinary fitness and nutrition program will show significant improved levels of cardiovascular risk factors. Specific Aim 2: To determine if a multidisciplinary fitness and nutrition program, when compared with a matched, WLC group will show a change in whole body assessment including a decrease in fat mass, an increase in percent lean body mass, and a decrease in percent body fat, as measured utilizing dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry Hypothesis 2a: Compared to baseline and matched controls, children randomized to a 10 week multidisciplinary fitness and nutrition program will show improved whole body assessments including. Specific Aim 3:To determine if a multidisciplinary fitness and nutrition program, when compared with a WLC group will show improved levels of fitness. Hypothesis 3a: Compared to baseline and matched controls, children randomized to a 10 week multidisciplinary fitness and nutrition program will show significant improvements in fitness including.
With the assessment of the healthy vs. diabetic and pre-diabetic Qatari population the investigators intend to measure the changes in DNA methylation and gene expression in blood monocytes and lymphocytes attributed to diabetes, and to evaluate whether theses changes are persistent or can be reversed by improving diabetes control.
In hypoglycemia, there is a counterregulation to restore glucose levels. An important part of this counterregulation is the release of the hormone glucagon. Since the GLP-1 receptor agonist lixisenatide has been shown to be associated with a low risk of hypoglycemia, this study examines whether lixisenatide affects the glucagon response to hypoglycemia.
America's preferential consumption of high-fat/high-sugar foods is a driving force in the current epidemic of obesity and insulin resistance. Recent scientific observations suggest that the taste of food may play a role in how the body processes the food eaten in a meal. The intestine may play a central role in all aspects of dietary fat metabolism, from initial encounter with taste buds in the mouth to eventual triglyceride (TG) storage in the body. The investigators hypothesize that elevated blood fats in insulin resistance are a result of elevated intestinal-TG secretion and poor communication of this organ to the rest of the body after meals. In this study, meal feeding and sensory studies will be performed to determine whether the mechanism of taste-associated intestinal signaling leads to higher levels of blood fats after meals in 24 healthy, insulin resistant and type 2 diabetic subjects. Individuals will consume special meals the night before the tests and participate in sensory tests in the morning to analyze the effect of taste. The goal of this work is to understand how insulin resistance may cause impaired signaling between the taste buds and the intestine to result in an elevation in blood lipids, which increases the risk for other chronic diseases. This study will generate data for a future study to understand how diabetes treatment affects this process.