Incidence and trends in hypoglycemia hospitalization in adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in England, 1998-2013: A retrospective cohort study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1651-1660

  Zhong, Victor W ^a   Juhaeri, Juhaeri ^b   Cole, Stephen R ^c   Kontopantelis, Evangelos ^d   Shay, Christina M ^e   Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a,f,g   Mayer Davis, Elizabeth J ^a,g  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; SULFONYLUREA; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREND STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; METABOLISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN A; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INCIDENCE; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85036662192     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc16-2680     Document Type: Article

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