Longitudinal differences in glycemic control by race/Ethnicity among veterans with type 2 diabetes

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 527-533

  Egede, Leonard E ^a,b,c   Mueller, Martina ^a,c   Echols, Carrae L ^a,c   Gebregziabher, Mulugeta ^a,c  

^a RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Ethnicity; Glycemic control; Veterans

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STROKE; VETERAN;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 77952885644     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181d558dc     Document Type: Article

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