Changing the glucose cut-off values that define hypoglycaemia has a major effect on reported frequencies of hypoglycaemia

Diabetologia

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-41

  Swinnen, S G H A ^a   Mullins, P ^b   Miller, M ^c   Hoekstra, J B L ^a   Holleman, F ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Glucose; Hypoglycaemia; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN GLARGINE;

ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AWARENESS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INSULIN;

EID: 57249097179     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-008-1147-0     Document Type: Article

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