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Diabetic hyperglycaemia causes endothelial dysfunction mainly by impairing endothelial nitric oxide (NO) production. Moreover, hyperglycaemia activates several noxious cellular pathways including apoptosis, increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels and diminishing Na+–K+ ATPase activity which exacerbate vascular damage. Serum glucocorticoid kinase (SGK)-1, a member of the serine/threonine kinases,...
Elderly subjects are characterized by a high prevalence of diabetes and clinical frailty. This study aimed to examine the predictive role of clinical frailty on long-term mortality in elderly subjects with and without diabetes. The study evaluated mortality after 12-year follow-up in 188 subjects with diabetes and 1,100 subjects without diabetes selected in 1992. Clinical frailty was assessed according...
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