Potential overtreatment of diabetes mellitus in older adults with tight glycemic control

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 356-362

  Lipska, Kasia J ^a,b   Ross, Joseph S ^b,c,d   Miao, Yinghui ^e   Shah, Nilay D ^f   Lee, Sei J ^e,g   Steinman, Michael A ^e,g  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Department of Health Sciences Research ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; METFORMIN; SULFONYLUREA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSULIN; MALE; SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84921402272     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7345     Document Type: Article

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