Diabetes most often begins in March.A person's likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes type 2 diabetes n. See diabetes mellitus. varies seasonally and is about 50 percent higher in March than in August, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a 6-year study. Led by Peter Doro, researchers at the University of Szeged in Hungary analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. 26,695 eases of the disease that arose in one Hungarian county between 1999 and 2004. The scientists recorded diabetes onset as the date on which each patient first received drugs to reduce blood glucose blood glucose Diabetology The principal sugar produced by the body from food–especially carbohydrates, but also from proteins and fats; glucose is the body's major source of energy, is transported to cells via the circulation and used by cells in the presence . Type 2 diabetes onset peaked in March, at about 10 eases per 10,000 county residents, and fell in subsequent months to a low of 6.8 eases per 10,000 residents in August. Onset rose after August, the researchers report in the January Diabetes Care. A study published last year of U.S. veterans suggested that people with type 2 diabetes have the greatest difficulty maintaining healthy concentrations of blood glucose in March and April, Doro's team notes. The researchers speculate that the preceding months of cold weather, inactivity, and overeating overeating eating too much food too quickly; leads to acute gastric dilatation in dogs and horses, acute carbohydrate engorgement in ruminants, dietetic (dietary) diarrhea in young calves and foals, abomasal tympany in bottle fed lambs and calves. may contribute to the seasonal patterns.--B.H. |
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