Study design, recruitment, and baseline characteristics: The Department of Veterans Affairs Dental Diabetes Study

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-45

  Jones, Judith A ^a,b   Miller, Donald R ^a,b   Wehler, Carolyn J ^a,b   Rich, Sharron ^a,b   Krall, Elizabeth ^a,b   Christiansen, Cindy L ^a,b   Rothendler, James A ^a,b   Garcia, Raul I ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Design; Diabetes; Glycaemic control; HbA1c; Periodontal disease; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMOKING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL POCKET; RESEARCH DESIGN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SMOKING;

EID: 33845632530     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2006.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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