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Department of Public Health and Maternal & Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, IdISSC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: diabetes mellitus; health education; statistics and numerical data

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Dear Colleagues,

Diabetes mellitus is a very prevalent disease that results in high costs to health systems and important morbidity and mortality. Investigation into diabetes is needed in order to reduce its incidence and complications and to improve the quality of life of the persons affected by this condition. New advances in diabetes imply studies in genetics, etiology, treatments, and monitoring. Furthermore, more epidemiological and basic investigations are necessary. Future advances include the design and application of novel remote sensing and information technology. The application of new statistical and artificial intelligence techniques will make it possible to analyze the data obtained from empirical research. The evaluation of diabetes can also provide important information for the design of future education programs. Globally, diabetes is among the top 10 causes of death.

Given the importance of diabetes, the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) is launching a Special Issue entitled “New advances in diabetes” with the aim of gathering accurate and up-to-date scientific information on all aspects of diabetes.

We are pleased to invite you and your co-workers to submit original research articles and review articles aimed at providing a comprehensive overview of the advances in the understanding and treatment of this disease.

Prof. Dr. David Carabantes-Alarcón
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • diabetes mellitus
  • therapeutics
  • blood glucose self-monitoring
  • wearable electronic devices
  • etiology
  • mortality
  • prevention and control
  • statistics and numerical data
  • pregnancy in diabetics
  • health education

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Use of Cardiac Procedures in People with Diabetes during the COVID Pandemic in Spain: Effects on the In-Hospital Mortality
by Ana Lopez-de-Andres, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia, David Carabantes-Alarcon, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, José M. de-Miguel-Yanes, Javier de-Miguel-Diez, Jose J. Zamorano-Leon, Jose L. del-Barrio and Natividad Cuadrado-Corrales
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(1), 844; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010844 - 2 Jan 2023
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We aimed to assess the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain on people with diabetes undergoing cardiac procedures, such as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), open surgical valve replacement (OSVR), and transcatheter valve implantation (TCVI). We compared the [...] Read more.
We aimed to assess the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain on people with diabetes undergoing cardiac procedures, such as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), open surgical valve replacement (OSVR), and transcatheter valve implantation (TCVI). We compared the year 2019 with the year 2020. We conducted an observational study using data from the Spanish National Hospital Discharge Database from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2020. In 2020, a total of 21,067 cardiac procedures were performed on people with diabetes compared with 24,675 in the previous year. The use of CABG, PCI, OSVR and TCVI decreased from 2019 to 2020 by 13.9%, 14.8%, 21.4% and 2.9%, respectively. In 2020, patients had a significantly higher mean Charlson Comorbidity Index than in 2019 for all the cardiac procedures analyzed. In-hospital mortality (IHM) was higher (p > 0.05) for all the procedures in the year 2020. Over the entire period, female sex was a significant risk factor for IHM among those who underwent CABG, PCI and OSVR (OR 1.94, 95%CI 1.41–2.66; OR 1.19, 95%CI 1.05–1.35; and OR 1.79, 95%CI 1.38–2.32, respectively). The sensitivity analysis including two more years, 2017 and 2018, confirmed that female patients and comorbidity were risk factors for IHM in patients with diabetes regardless of whether it was during the pandemic era or before. We conclude that the frequency of cardiac procedures among people with diabetes declined in 2020. IHM did not change significantly in the COVID-19 era. Full article
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Aerobic Exercise in the Aquatic Environment Suppresses the Plasma Renin Activity in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial
by Rodrigo Sudatti Delevatti, Larissa dos Santos Leonel, João Gabriel da Silveira Rodrigues, Ana Carolina Kanitz, Cristine Lima Alberton, Gisele Agustini Lovatel, Ionara Rodrigues Siqueira and Luiz Fernando Martins Kruel
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(7), 938; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21070938 - 18 Jul 2024
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To compare the acute effects of aquatic walking/running versus dry-land walking/running on blood glucose and plasma renin activity (PRA) in individuals with type 2 diabetes, participants with type 2 diabetes performed deep-water or dry-land walking and/or running sessions in a swimming pool or [...] Read more.
To compare the acute effects of aquatic walking/running versus dry-land walking/running on blood glucose and plasma renin activity (PRA) in individuals with type 2 diabetes, participants with type 2 diabetes performed deep-water or dry-land walking and/or running sessions in a swimming pool or on an athletics track, respectively. Both sessions comprised seven blocks of 3 min at 85–90% of the heart rate deflection point (HRDP), interspersed with 2 min at <85% HRDP, totaling 35 min, with a 48 h interval between sessions. PRA and blood glucose were assessed before and immediately after the sessions. Generalized estimation equations were used to verify the session effects, with the Bonferroni post hoc test, considering the significance level as 0.05. Twelve individuals (53.2 ± 8.9 years) diagnosed with type 2 diabetes for 6.3 ± 6.34 years participated in the study. A reduction in PRA was found only after the aquatic session (−7.75 ng/mL/h; −69%; p: 0.034), while both aquatic and dry-land sessions similarly reduced the blood glucose levels (aquatic: −38 mg/dL, −21%; dry-land: −26 mg/dL, −14%; time effect, p = 0.007). Despite yielding similar glycemic reductions as dry-land walking/running, aquatic walking/running led to an expressive decrease in PRA among individuals with type 2 diabetes. Full article
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Title: Global trends in diabetic foot research (2004 - 2023): a bibliometric study based on Scopus database.
Authors: Yolanda Fuentes-Peñaranda 1; Alma Labarta-González-Vallarino 1; Elena Arroyo Bello 2; Marina Gómez de Quero Córdoba 3
Affiliation: 1 Department of Nursing, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain. 2 Escuela de Enfermería, Fundación Jiménez Díaz-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria – Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (FJD, UAM), 28040 Madrid, Spain. 3 Facultat Infermeria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43002 Tarragona, Spain.
Abstract: Diabetic foot is one of the major complications of diabetes mellitus which affects millions of people worldwide and involves the presence of ulcers, infections, tissue destruction, loss of sensation and can even lead to the amputation of the limb. Bibliometric studies allow us to quantitatively analyse scientific publications and help us predicting trends and points of interest in an area. This research explores trends in global research on diabetic foot, by the analysis of indexed publications in Scopus database. A search is carried out with the MeSH term "diabetic foot" in the title field selecting articles and review documents dated between 1.1.2004 and 31.12.2023. For its statistical and visual analysis, the software tools Microsoft Excel, Python, Bibliometrix and VOSviewer are used. A total of 7176 documents are exported (83.5% articles; 16.5% reviews) and a bibliometric analysis is carried out at the production, citation, and network levels. A complete mapping of research on diabetic foot is carried out worldwide, which will serve to identify current trends and future directions of research in this area.

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