Better glycemic control is associated with maintenance of lower-extremity function over time in Mexican American and European American older adults with diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 268-273

  Wang, Chen Pin ^a   Hazuda, Helen P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SHORT PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE BATTERY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79951711419     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-1405     Document Type: Article

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