Diabetic retinopathy at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in the UK: A database analysis

Diabetologia

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-111

  Kostev, K ^a   Rathmann, W ^b  

^a IQVIA   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetes diagnosis; General practices; HbA1c; Retinopathy; Risk factors; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84871617163     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-012-2742-7     Document Type: Article

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