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ISSN 1811-6515
THE SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF
Diabetes & vascular disease
Corresponding Editor
Dr L Lombard
Netcare, Kuilsriver Hospital,
Cape Town
Consulting Editor
PROF J-C MBANYA
DR F MAHOMED
National Editorial Board
DR A AMOD
Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and
Metabolic Diseases, Life Healthcare,
Chatsmed Gardens Hospital, Durban
SR K BECKERT
Diabetes Nurse, Paarl
PROF F BONNICI
Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Health
Sciences, University of Cape Town and
President of Diabetes South Africa
PROF R DELPORT
Department of Family Medicine,
University of Pretoria
DR L DISTILLER
Director of the Centre of Diabetes
and Endocrinology, Houghton,
Johannesburg
DR F MAHOMED
Department of Endocrinology,
Grey’s Hospital, Pietermaritzburg
PROF WF MOLLENTZE
Head of Department of Internal
Medicine, University of the Free State,
Bloemfontein
PROF CD POTGIETER
Specialist Nephrologist, University
of Pretoria and Jakaranda Hospital,
Pretoria
PROF K SLIWA
Associate Professor of Medicine and
Cardiology, Baragwanath Hospital,
University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg
PROF YK SEEDAT
Emeritus Professor of Medicine and
Honorary Research Associate,
University of Natal, Durban
International Editorial Board
PROF IW CAMPBELL
Physician, Victoria Hospital, Kircaldy,
Scotland, UK
PROF PJ GRANT
Professor of Medicine and head of
Academic Unit of Molecular Vascular
Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and
Health, University of Leeds; honorary
consultant physician, United Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
PROF J-C MBANYA
Professor of Endocrinology, Faculty of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,
University of Yaounde I, Cameroon
and President, International Diabetes
Federation
PROF N POULTER
Professor of Preventive Cardiovascular
Medicine, Imperial College, School of
Medicine, London, UK
DR H PURCELL
Senior Research Fellow in Cardiology,
Royal Brompton National Heart and
VOLUME 10 NUMBER 3 • SEPTMBER 2013
CONTENTS
Editorial
83
The diet – central in the treatment of diabetes and polycystic ovarian
syndrome
L Lombard
Research Article
84
The tolerability and safety of DPP-4 inhibitors for the treatment of older
people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: an observational study.
A Viljoen, CL Meek, R Gadsby, S Viljoen, H Langerman, AJ Sinclair
Reviews
88
Is there an optimal diet for patients with type 2 diabetes? Yes, the one that
works for them!
JD Krebs, A Parry-Strong
93
Screening for diabetes and cardiometabolic disease in women with
polycystic ovary syndrome
JA Tomlinson, JH Pinkney, P Evans, A Millward, E Stenhouse
100
Intermittent fasting: a dietary intervention for prevention of diabetes and
cardiovascular disease?
JE Brown, M Mosley, S Aldred
Diabetes Educator’s Focus
103
Burnout: a critical problem among healthcare workers
P Wagenaar
