New Aspects in Diabetes

Frontmatter -- List of first-mentioned contributors -- Contents -- Introduction / Meyer, H. -- I. New aspects in diabetes mellitus -- The epidemiology of diabetes mellitus and its relationship with cardiovascular disease / Zimmet, P. / Serjeantson, S. -- Syndrome X: fact or fiction? / Lebovitz, H. E. -- Strategies for the treatment of hyperglycemia in Syndrome X / Josse, R. G. -- Treatment strategies of Syndrome X - hypertension and vascular complications / Litbell, H. -- Lipid metabolism: metabolic consequences of moderate hypertriglyceridemia / Vega, G. L. -- Update on the treatment of NIDDM / Lefèbvre, P. J. / Sebeen, A. J. -- Hyperinsulinemia and macrovascular complications in NIDDM / Standi, E. / Janka, H. U. / Stiegler, H. / Mehnert, H. -- II. Quality of life in diabetes mellitus -- Diabetes and quality of life: some current issues in definition and research / Croog, S. H. -- Quality of life in patients with type II diabetes mellitus / Waadt, S. / Duran, G. / Waadt, M. / Herschbach, P. / Strian, F. -- Well-being in non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients (NIDDM) - a long-term follow-up / Toeller, M. -- III. Studies with acarbose -- Acarbose monotherapy in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus - the German experience / Hanefeld, M. -- Acarbose in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: combination with sulfonylureas and interaction with diet / Willms, B. -- Clinical efficacy of BAY g 5421 (acarbose) in noninsulin- dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) - a placebo-controlled double-blind comparative study / Goto, Yuichiro / Goto, Yosbio / Nakagawa, S. / Orimo, H. / Ikeda, Y. / Sakamoto, N. / Fukui, I. / Tarui, S. / Baba, S. / Kaneko, T. / Mimura, G. -- Effects of long-term administration of acarbose in patients with NIDDM - a double-blind study with placebo / Sakamoto, N. / Hotta, N. / Koh, N. / Sakakibara, F. / Haga, T. / Kobayashi, M. / Kakuta, H. / Sano, T. / Yamada, H. / Matsumae, H. / Kitazawa, S. -- Effects of acarbose on blood glucose control in insulindependent diabetes mellitus / Ikeda, Y. / Tsuruoka, A. / Izumi, K. / Yoshida, M. / Nakata, Y. / Omori, Y. / Sanaka, M. / Kitagawa, T. / Miyamoto, Y. / Fujita, H. / Kondo, M. / Sato, T. / Takeda, A. / Tanae, A. / Matsuoka, K. / Murakami, K. / Yamamoto, S. -- European experience in the treatment of IDDM with acarbose in combination with insulin / Raptis, S. A. -- Round table discussion on open questions and future aspects -- IV. Abstracts -- A multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the long-term efficacy and safety of acarbose (BAYg 5421) in the treatment of obese patients with NIDDM treated by diet alone / Coniff, R. F. -- A multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of long-term efficacy and safety of acarbose (BAY g 5421) and sulfonylureas in the treatment of NIDDM inadequately controlled by maximal doses of sulfonylureas (SFU) / Coniff, R. F. / Innerfield, R. J. -- A multi-center, double-blind, comparative study of the long-term efficacy and safety of acarbose (BAY g 5421) vs. placebo in the treatment of patients with insulin requiring type II diabetes mellitus / Pi-Sunyer, F. X. -- Prospective, multi-center studies of the efficacy and safety of acarbose (BAY g 5421) in the treatment of type I diabetes mellitus / Schade, D. S. -- Two multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies of efficacy and safety of acarbose treatment of type I diabetes / Holander, P. / Coniff, R. F. -- Clinical study of reduced postprandial hyperglycemia by acarbose and glycemic impact of fructose and sucrose in insulin therapy / Wernecke, J. / Dreyer, M. / Fisch, R. / Michels, G. / Lührs, M. / Dammann, H. G. -- 6 months monotherapy of NIDDM with acarbose or glibenclamide / Spengler, M. / Hänsel, G. / Boehme, K. -- Decreased insulin requirement and postprandial insulin plasma concentrations under treatment with the a-glucosidase inhibitor acarbose / Hobler, H. / Spengler, M. -- Long-term treatment of BAY g 5421 (acarbose) in noninsulin- dependent diabetes