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• Over the past 10 years, there has been increased use of statins among Australians aged ≥65 years with diabetes.
• However, many older adults with diabetes in Australia who are prescribed statins do not adhere, and discontinuation from therapy is high.

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• The non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C):  HDL-C ratio was found to be an independent risk factor for diabetes mellitus and the relationship remained stable in different subgroups (gender, age, and body mass index).
• The non-HDL-C:  HDL-C ratio may help identify a subpopulation at high risk of diabetes mellitus.

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• The effect of education on glycemic control depends primarily on the type of diabetes management, including self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG).
• On its own, SMBG may only have limited effect in patients with low educational attainment.
• In this study we evaluated the combined effects of SMBG and educational attainment on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients to identify strategies for disease management.

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• Exposure to famine during early life can increase the risk of hyperglycemia in female Chinese middle-aged and elderly residents, but may decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in males.
• The association between famine exposure in early life and T2DM and hyperglycemia in adulthood was stronger in those who lived in rural areas before the age of 16 years.

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• Glycemic control can be incorporated into the information–motivation–behavioral skills (IMB) model.
• The utility of the modified IMB model in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Shanghai, China, is validated.
• Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with poor glycemic control may be a better target population than patients with good glycemic control for application of the modified IMB model.

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• Diabetes is associated with 67% increased odds of disability.
• The prevalence of disability is higher among women than men.
• Forty per cent of the association of diabetes with disability can be explained by risk factors and concomitant disease.
• Obesity explained the largest percentage of the relationship between diabetes and disability, indicating that weight management may be helpful in controlling disability related to diabetes.

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• Exposure to mild hyperbaric oxygen inhibited the growth-related decline in skeletal muscle oxidative capacity and type shift of muscle fibers from high-oxidative to low-oxidative and prevented hyperglycemia in animals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
• These results indicate that mild hyperbaric oxygen may be a useful therapy for T2DM.

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• There is a de-escalation of antidiabetes medications prescribed following bariatric surgery.
• Antidiabetes medication utilization following bariatric surgery does not appear to be consistent with clinical practice guidelines.