Endocrine Abstracts

Background & objectives: Type 2 diabetes is on the increase especially among young people around the world due to increase in obesity and sedentary life style. Many risks scoring system has been developed and validated worldwide. Most are simple and inexpensive.This research was to determine the applicability of these scoring systems in our environment and to compare the sensitivity of the Finnish versus the Indian scoring system in OAU undergraduate...

Background: Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG), an important tool in diabetes management help patients achieve and maintain target glycaemic levels hence reducing complications. SMBG is usually done with glucose meters which are affordable, portable and easy to use. Significant variations sometimes observed in glucose meter readings necessitated this study. We evaluated the accuracy of glucose meters used routinely in our unit using ISO 15197 guideline.<p class="abste...