Ethnic differences in glycaemic control in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus living in Scotland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Negandhi, Preeti H ^a   Ghouri, Nazim ^b   Colhoun, Helen M ^c   Fischbacher, Colin M ^d   Lindsay, Robert S ^b   McKnight, John A ^e   Petrie, John ^b   Philip, Sam ^f   Sattar, Naveed ^b   Wild, Sarah H ^g  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^e WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PAKISTANI; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WHITE SCOTTISH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892710092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083292     Document Type: Article

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