Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes remission in Scotland in 2019: A cross-sectional population-based study
Clinical pathways are changing to incorporate support and appropriate follow-up for people to achieve remission of type 2 diabetes, but there is limited understanding of the prevalence of remission in current practice or patient characteristics associated with remission. We carried out a cross-secti...
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Veröffentlicht in: | PLoS medicine 2021-11, Vol.18 (11), p.e1003828-e1003828 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Clinical pathways are changing to incorporate support and appropriate follow-up for people to achieve remission of type 2 diabetes, but there is limited understanding of the prevalence of remission in current practice or patient characteristics associated with remission.
We carried out a cross-sectional study estimating the prevalence of remission of type 2 diabetes in all adults in Scotland aged ≥30 years diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and alive on December 31, 2019. Remission of type 2 diabetes was assessed between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019. We defined remission as all HbA1c values |
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ISSN: | 1549-1676 1549-1277 1549-1676 |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003828 |