Ethnic disparities in glycemic control among rural older adults with type 2 diabetes

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 656-663

  Quandt, Sara A ^a   Bell, Ronny A ^a   Snively, Beverly M ^a   Smith, Shannon L ^a   Stafford, Jeanette M ^a   Wetmore, Lindsay K ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Diabetes; Elderly; Ethnicity; Glycosylated hemoglobin; Health Disparities; Native Americans; Rural

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAID; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POVERTY; PROGNOSIS; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RURAL HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27844597832     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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