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Background and objective: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) leading to increasing risk in the health of society is one of the main problems worldwide. ‌The main goal is having normal blood glucose to reduce the progression of neurovascular complications. We aimed at comparing the performance of five glucometer devices with that of standard laboratory technique in patients with DM admitted to endocrinology ward of Razi Hospital in Rasht.
Material and Methods: ‌This comparative-analytic study was conducted on 250 diabetic patients. A part of venous blood sample ‌was investigated by‌ five glucometer devices (Glucoplas‌, Accu-chek‌, Easyguloco‌, Bionime and On-kalyz) and the remaining tested by standard laboratory technique. The data was analyzed by SPSS software, using paired-‌t‌-test.
Results: The results showed that the mean of Glucoplus was the least (237.52) and that of On-kalyz was the highest (297.82). Using Paired-sample t-test, the mean difference between venous blood glucose by Glucometer and that of standard laboratory technique was reported in order 2.40 mg/dl for Bionim, -3.62 mg/dl for Easyguloco and -4.34 for Accu-chek Glucometer. Glucoplas and Onkalyz were significantly different from Laboratory standard method (p<0.0001).
Conclusion: The mean difference of On-kalyz and Glucoplas glucometer devices that is orderly greater than the mean difference of laboratory standard method are less reliable for measuring blood glucose levels, compared to Bionime‌, Easyguloco avd Accu-chek having the least difference.

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Background and Objective: Given the correlation of birth weight with growth indices, this study aimed at determing the growth indices of low birth weight (LBW) and normal birth weight of 2-5 year old children in rural areas of Gonbad, Iran.

Material and Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, using multi-stage cluster sampling, 200 LBW 2-5-year-old children and 200 normal birth weight were selected. The data was collected through interview and analyzed by Pearson correlation, t-test and chi-square.

Results: The prevalence of shorter stature and low weight-for-age in case group was higher than those of controls, and the high weight-for-age was higher in control group. Gestational age, maternal Body Mass Index (BMI), intepregnancy interval and age of delivery were determined as the most important factors related to LBW.

Conclusion: The results imply that LBW affects adversely on growth indices in 2-5 year old children. Considering gestational age, maternal BMI, interpregnancy interval and age of delivery, we recommend recognizing the mothers who are at risk for delivery of LBW to educate and take care of them.