Gender-Related Differences in the Control of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Primary Care for Elderly Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Cohort Study
The aim of this study was to estimate the association between gender and control of diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The sujets âgés cohort is an observational study whose main objective was to describe the real-life management of elde...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Canadian journal of diabetes 2018-08, Vol.42 (4), p.365-371.e2 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The aim of this study was to estimate the association between gender and control of diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
The sujets âgés cohort is an observational study whose main objective was to describe the real-life management of elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in France. Nine hundred eighty-three patients with diabetes (517 men and 466 women) were recruited by 213 general practitioners and were followed up prospectively every 6 months for 3 years. Diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia were considered controlled if the glycated hemoglobin (A1C) was ≤7%, blood pressure was |
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ISSN: | 1499-2671 2352-3840 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jcjd.2017.08.248 |