Mortality of patients with type 2 diabetes in Taiwan: A 10-year nationwide follow-up study

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 178-186

  Lin, Wei Hung ^a,b   Hsu, Chih Hui ^a   Chen, Hua Fen ^c   Liu, Chi Chu ^d   Li, Chung Yi ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAINAN SIN LAU HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Geographic variation; Mortality rate; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; URBANIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84922883794     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.09.021     Document Type: Article

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