Seasonal variation in fasting glucose and HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-114

  Gikas, Aristofanis ^a   Sotiropoulos, Alexios ^b   Pastromas, Vasilios ^c   Papazafiropoulou, Athanasia ^b   Apostolou, Ourania ^b   Pappas, Stavros ^b  

^a Health Center of Kalivia   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Health Centre of Salamis1   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Fasting glucose; HbA1c; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLIMATE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GREECE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS;

EID: 67650158410     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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