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A Zebrafish Model of Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Memory
Published on: February 28, 2013
[Family influence in the metabolic control of the type-2 diabetic]
I A Valadez-Figueroa1, M G Aldrete-Rodríguez, N Alfaro-Alfaro
1Instituto Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
Abstract:
This paper presents the results of the identification and association of certain family characteristics of type II diabetes patients in relation with its metabolic control in 121 families of tw o health centers of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico in 1989. The attitude an d information about of the sickness, and the complications and therapeutics were evaluated through psychosocial evaluations. The majority of the family members showed a negative attitude and a profound understanding of the disease process. Only a 16.5 per cent of the patients were under control, and found a strong association between lack of control and nuclear family involved in the last cycles of this type of unit: independence and retirement.
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