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    Serum metabolomic profiles associated with subclinical and clinical cardiovascular phenotypes in people with type 2 diabetes

    Atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is the leading cause of death in diabetes, but the full range of biomarkers reflecting atherosclerotic burden and CVD risk in people with diabetes is unknown. Meta...

    Zhe Huang, Lucija Klaric, Justina Krasauskaite in Cardiovascular Diabetology (2022)

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    Higher baseline inflammatory marker levels predict greater cognitive decline in older people with type 2 diabetes: year 10 follow-up of the Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study

    We aimed to determine the longitudinal association of circulating markers of systemic inflammation with subsequent long-term cognitive change in older people with type 2 diabetes.

    Anniek J. Sluiman, Stela McLachlan, Rachel B. Forster, Mark W. J. Strachan in Diabetologia (2022)

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    Retinal arteriolar tortuosity and fractal dimension are associated with long-term cardiovascular outcomes in people with type 2 diabetes

    Our aim was to determine whether quantitative retinal traits in people with type 2 diabetes are independently associated with incident major cardiovascular events including CHD and stroke.

    Emmanuel Sandoval-Garcia, Stela McLachlan, Anna H. Price in Diabetologia (2021)

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    Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy is associated with reduced retinopathy progression compared with multiple daily injections of insulin

    We aimed to compare diabetic retinopathy outcomes in people with type 1 diabetes following introduction of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) therapy with outcomes in people receiving continuing t...

    Laura J. Reid, Fraser W. Gibb, Helen Colhoun, Sarah H. Wild in Diabetologia (2021)

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    Retinal venular tortuosity and fractal dimension predict incident retinopathy in adults with type 2 diabetes: the Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study

    Our aim was to determine whether a range of prespecified retinal vessel traits were associated with incident diabetic retinopathy in adults with type 2 diabetes.

    Rachel B. Forster, Emmanuel Sandoval Garcia, Anniek J. Sluiman in Diabetologia (2021)

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    Depression as a risk factor for dementia in older people with type 2 diabetes and the mediating effect of inflammation

    We aimed to determine the association of depression with dementia risk in people with type 2 diabetes, and to explore the possible mediating role of inflammation in this relationship.

    Alistair L. Carr, Anniek J. Sluiman, Sheila M. Grecian, Rachel Forster in Diabetologia (2021)

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    Preserved C-peptide secretion is associated with fewer low-glucose events and lower glucose variability on flash glucose monitoring in adults with type 1 diabetes

    We aimed to assess whether persistence of C-peptide secretion is associated with less glucose variability and fewer low-glucose events in adults with type 1 diabetes who use flash monitoring.

    Fraser W. Gibb, John A. McKnight, Catriona Clarke, Mark W. J. Strachan in Diabetologia (2020)

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    Persistent C-peptide secretion in Type 1 diabetes and its relationship to the genetic architecture of diabetes

    The objective of this cross-sectional study was to explore the relationship of detectable C-peptide secretion in type 1 diabetes to clinical features and to the genetic architecture of diabetes.

    Paul M. McKeigue, Athina Spiliopoulou, Stuart McGurnaghan, Marco Colombo in BMC Medicine (2019)

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    Glibenclamide and metfoRmin versus stAndard care in gEstational diabeteS (GRACES): a feasibility open label randomised trial

    Metformin is widely used to treat gestational diabetes (GDM), but many women remain hyperglycaemic and require additional therapy. We aimed to determine recruitment rate and participant throughput in a randomi...

    Rebecca M. Reynolds, Fiona C. Denison, Ed Juszczak in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2017)

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    Cardiovascular disease biomarkers are associated with declining renal function in type 2 diabetes

    We investigated whether biochemical cardiovascular risk factors and/or markers of subclinical cardiovascular disease were associated with the development of reduced renal function in people with type 2 diabetes.

    Sara J. Jenks, Bryan R. Conway, Stela McLachlan, Wei Leng Teoh in Diabetologia (2017)

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    Cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive decline in older people with type 2 diabetes

    The aim of this work was to assess the role of well-established cardiovascular risk factors in the late-life cognitive decline of patients with type 2 diabetes.

    Insa Feinkohl, Markéta Keller, Christine M. Robertson, Joanne R. Morling in Diabetologia (2015)

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    γ-Glutamyltransferase, but not markers of hepatic fibrosis, is associated with cardiovascular disease in older people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study

    We examined the association of prevalent and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) with chronic liver disease in a cohort of community-based people with type 2 diabetes, in order to clarify the relationship be...

    Joanne R. Morling, Jonathan A. Fallowfield, Rachel M. Williamson in Diabetologia (2015)

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    The impact of diabetes on cognitive decline: potential vascular, metabolic, and psychosocial risk factors

    Older people with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of develo** cognitive impairment, for which several potential risk factors have been proposed. The present article reviews evidence in people with type...

    Insa Feinkohl, Jackie F. Price, Mark W.J. Strachan in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy (2015)

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    N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and risk of cardiovascular events in older patients with type 2 diabetes: the Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study

    The aim of this study was to investigate the association of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) with traditional cardiovascular risk factors and incident cardiovascular events in older people ...

    Anna H. Price, Paul Welsh, Christopher J. Weir, Insa Feinkohl in Diabetologia (2014)

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    Cognitive decline and T2DM—a disconnect in the evidence?

    Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Observational data suggest that hyperglycaemia, hypertension and dyslipidaemia might be involved in the causal p...

    Mark W. J. Strachan, Jacqueline F. Price in Nature Reviews Endocrinology (2014)

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    Genetic Associations Between Fibrinogen and Cognitive Performance in Three Scottish Cohorts

    There is increasing evidence to suggest that elevated plasma levels of fibrinogen are associated with late-life cognitive performance. This study tested the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in th...

    Riccardo E. Marioni, Ian J. Deary, Gordon D. Murray, Gordon D. O. Lowe in Behavior Genetics (2011)

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    Cognitive function, dementia and type 2 diabetes mellitus in the elderly

    People are now living longer with type 2 diabetes mellitus; novel complications, such as dementia, could start to emerge. This Review discusses the mechanisms thought to underlie the association between type 2...

    Mark W. J. Strachan, Rebecca M. Reynolds in Nature Reviews Endocrinology (2011)

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    Genetic Variants Associated With Altered Plasma Levels of C-Reactive Protein are not Associated With Late-Life Cognitive Ability in Four Scottish Samples

    It is unknown whether the relationship between raised inflammatory biomarker levels and late-life cognitive ability is causal. We explored this issue by testing the association between genetic regulators of pl...

    Riccardo E. Marioni, Ian J. Deary, Gordon D. Murray, Gordon D. O. Lowe in Behavior Genetics (2010)