Excess mortality in Black compared with White patients with Type 1 diabetes: An examination of underlying causes

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1636-1641

  Bosnyak, Z ^a   Nishimura, R ^a,b   Hughes, M Hagan ^a   Tajima, N ^b   Becker, D ^c   Tuomilehto, J ^d,e   Orchard, Trevor J ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute complications; Cause specific mortality; Race; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC COMA; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA;

EID: 30044438173     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.01671.x     Document Type: Article

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