Demographic differences in the treatment and control of glucose in type 2 diabetic patients: Implications for health care practice

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-37

  Egan, Brent M ^a   Shaftman, Stephanie R ^b   Wagner, C Shaun ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Dipankar ^b   Szymanski, Keith A ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti hyperglycemic therapy; Diabetes; Glycosylated hemoglobin; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; MEGLITINIDE; SULFONYLUREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RACE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861665594     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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