HbA1c variability as an independent risk factor for diabetic retinopathy in type 1 diabetes: A german/austrian multicenter analysis on 35,891 patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Hermann, Julia M ^a   Hammes, Hans Peter ^b   Rami Merhar, Birgit ^c   Rosenbauer, Joachim ^d   Schütt, Morten ^e   Siegel, Erhard ^f   Holl, Reinhard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^f StJosefs Krankenhaus Heidelberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERMAN; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; ONSET AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; AUSTRIA; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; GERMANY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84897463724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091137     Document Type: Article

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