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Diabetes and higher body mass index (BMI) contribute to pathological upstaging in renal cell carcinoma, according to a study. Preoperative tumour size, increased age, and male sex are also significantly associated with upstaging.

An open-label, randomized, parallel-design clinical trial demonstrates weight loss as well as decreases in fasting glucose, insulin and insulin resistance in overweight and obese Hong Kong Chinese individuals after high-fibre dietary intervention supplemented with synbiotics.

Increased levels of remnant cholesterol (RC) appear to elevate the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), independent of traditional risk factors, suggests a study. Moreover, pregnant women with high prepregnancy body mass index (BMI), high triglyceride (TG), and high RC levels are at greater GDM risk.

People who consume organically grown foods appear to have a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, as shown in a study.

Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who received canagliflozin benefit from improved liver biochemistry and metabolism, a recent study has shown. In addition, treatment with canagliflozin appears to confer positive effects on liver fibrosis.