Medication adherence and racial differences in A1C control

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 916-921

  Adams, Alyce S ^a,c   Trinacty, Connie Mah ^a   Zhang, Fang ^a   Kleinman, Ken ^a   Grant, Richard W ^b   Meigs, James B ^b   Soumerai, Stephen B ^a   Ross Degnan, Dennis ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLIPIZIDE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SELF MONITORING; SELF REPORT; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 48649110618     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1924     Document Type: Article

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