High rates of severe hypoglycemia among African American patients with diabetes: the surveillance, prevention, and Management of Diabetes Mellitus (SUPREME-DM) network

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 869-873

  Karter, Andrew J ^a   Lipska, Kasia J ^b   O'Connor, Patrick J ^c   Liu, Jennifer Y ^a   Moffet, Howard H ^a   Schroeder, Emily B ^a   Lawrence, Jean M ^a   Nichols, Gregory A ^d   Newton, Katherine M ^e   Pathak, Ram D ^f   Desai, Jay ^c   Waitzfelder, Beth ^a   Butler, Melissa G ^a   Thomas, Abraham ^g   Steiner, John F ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^e GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Hypoglycemia; Insulin; Insulin secretagogues; Racial differences; Sulfonylureas

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; MEGLITINIDE; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85015418336     PISSN: 10568727     EISSN: 1873460X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2017.02.009     Document Type: Article

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