Regional, geographic, and racial/ethnic variation in glycemic control in a national sample of veterans with diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 938-943

  Egede, Leonard E ^a,b   Gebregziabher, Mulugeta ^a,b   Hunt, Kelly J ^a,b   Axon, Robert N ^a,b   Echols, Carrae ^a   Gilbert, Gregory E ^a   Mauldin, Patrick D ^a,b,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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VETERAN;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VETERANS;

EID: 79956223280     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-1504     Document Type: Article

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