Aim: The aim of this study was (1) to compare the serum insulin, ghrelin, obestatin and, copeptin levels between pregnant and non-pregnant women and (2) investigate the changes in these parameters in pregnant women that measured at before and second hour after 75 gram (g)...

Objective: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading causes of death worldwide. After understanding the importance of inflammation in the pathogenesis, CRP usage has been increased for the determination of cardiovascular risk. As an inflammation marker, the relationship...

Objective: The aim of this study is to research relations between first hour glucose and insuline level and inflamation markers in individuals who was loaded 75 grams glucose.

Materials and Methods: 11 individuals who were non obese and normal glucose...

Objective: Mean platelet volume (MPV) is a determinant of platelet function. Determining the MPV levels is very important for the diabetic patients who have the risk of developing vascular diseases. The aim of this study is to investigate any significant difference in the...

Objective: It has been reported that glucose intake creates changes at the levels of some electrolytes in serum and urine. The most important change observed in urine is the increase in calcium levels and this is thought to be the result of increased insulin levels in response...

Aim: Early risk classification after acute myocardial infarction is very important for the prediction of complications. In this study, it was aimed to find the most sensitive panel in the prediction of prognosis after acute myocardial infarction by multi-biomarker...

Objective: The use of glycemic markers in the follow-up of Diabetes Mellitus is important to prevent the development of complications. Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is more stable and exhibits glucose status of 8-12 weeks, while fasting plasma glucose (APG) reflects the...

Aim: Leptin is a nonglycolyzed peptide, made of 146amino-acids, that is produced by ob-gene in fat tissue. Leptin in circulation shows its effects by inhibiting Neuropeptide-Y in central nervous system and shows its effects on body fat mass by decreasing appetite and...

Objective: The discovery of vitamin D receptors and vitamin D activating enzymes in several cells other than those involved in bone and mineral metabolism brought the non-classical effects of vitamin D into focus. It was reported that diabetic patients have significantly...

Objective: The use of different types of analyzers and samples lead to obtaining different test results. This study aimed to investigate whether the test results yielded by conventional blood gas analyzer (cBGA) are considered interchangeable with those produced by...

Objective: Gestational diabetes mellitus is one of the most frequent complications in pregnancy which may create a health risk for the mother and the child. Different criteria may be used in the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus. In the present study we aimed to test...

Aim: Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a disease with complex and poorly understood etiology. One of the common risk factors of PC is diabetes mellitus (DM). Increased carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 levels can be used as a biomarker in diagnosis of PC. However, CA 19-9 levels have...

Objective: Uncertainty is a parameter that characterize a range which includes a measurable substantiality. It also shows how much the result represents the real value. Uncertainty of measurement comprises many components. The purpose of this study was to estimate uncertainty...

Objective: Comparison of two patient-side glucometers, Accuchek Active (AC) and Optium Xceed (OP)with autoanalyzer Olympus AU 2700 (OL), which uses the reference method.

Materials and Methods: 44 patients, aged over 18, who attended emergency and...

Objective: The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the performance of 2 glucometer devices using the accuracy criteria specified in ISO 15197:2015.

Methods: Glucose results obtained from Accu-Chek Inform II and Sejoy BG-707 glucometers,...

Objective: Analytical reliability of clinical laboratories may be obtained by internal quality control, external quality control by analyzing the data with statistical methods. In Six Sigma Methodology, which is one of these methods, the analytical performance of the tests...

Objective: For this current study, our aims were to investigate the relationships between HbA1c with neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet lymphocyte ratio (PLR) which are accepted as new markers of systemic inflammation and the relationships between HbA1c with CRP...

Purpose: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), also known as glycated hemoglobin, indicates the blood glucose control over the last 8-12 weeks. HbA1c level is a useful marker for the monitoring of the diabetic patient and shows the necessity of any adjustment to the treatment has to be...

Objective: At Emergency Department, we aimed to compare the test results of serum samples obtained from the tubes containing thrombin to take short span of time for clotting (RST) with the tubes containing serum separator gel with clot activator (SST II Advance) that we have...

Objective: Plasminogen activator inhibitor type I (PAI-1) an inhibitor of fibrinolysis and an important and independent cardiovascular risk factor, has been shown to be elevated in obesity. The aim of this study was to evaluate plasma PAI-1 levels in obese subjects and to...

Objective: There is an increase in platelet activation in diabetics and patients with diabetic complications. Labile hemoglobin A1c (LHbA1c), an early glycation product, can turn into other glucose metabolites which can be responsible for many kinds of pathologies observed...

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a very common chronical disease of our country. In diagnosis of DM and monitoring of glycemic values, besides glucose,HbA1c is also being used. However HbA1c cannot reflect glycemic levels for short term and also, conditions like anemia, hemoglobinopathies and chronic...

Objective: The aim of the present study is to investigate the relation between new obesity indices waist circumference/height (WtHR), visceral adiposity index (VAI) and body adiposity index (BAI) and homeostasis model assessment of insülin resistance (HOMA-IR) index and...

Early diagnosis and efficient therapy is essential for the prevention of micro and macrovascular complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). Different diagnostic criteria for DM have been proposed by different international organizations. In this study we compared criteia of "National Diabetes Data...

Purpose: Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is a very important procedure in diagnosing diabetes mellitus. It is very crucial to perform OGTT according to the rules that must be taken into account in preparation period of the test. Our aim was to determine the level of...