A comparison of glycaemic and metabolic control over time among South Asian and European patients with Type 2 diabetes: results from follow-up in a routine diabetes clinic

Aims  Although South Asians have a higher prevalence of diabetes which develops at a younger age, data on change in metabolic parameters post‐diagnosis are relatively sparse. We therefore wished to determine whether South Asians with diabetes had similar or greater year‐on‐year deterioration in meta...

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Veröffentlicht in:Diabetic medicine 2006-01, Vol.23 (1), p.94-98
Hauptverfasser: Mukhopadhyay, B., Forouhi, N. G., Fisher, B. M., Kesson, C. M., Sattar, N.
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Zusammenfassung:Aims  Although South Asians have a higher prevalence of diabetes which develops at a younger age, data on change in metabolic parameters post‐diagnosis are relatively sparse. We therefore wished to determine whether South Asians with diabetes had similar or greater year‐on‐year deterioration in metabolic parameters compared with Europeans. Methods  We analysed longitudinal change in metabolic parameters [glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), lipids] among South Asian (n = 210) and European (n = 1557) patients consecutively attending the same diabetes clinic over a mean period of 5.3 years. Results  South Asians were younger than Europeans at first recorded diagnosis of diabetes (mean age 45.9 vs. 57.3 years, P 
ISSN:0742-3071
1464-5491
DOI:10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.01735.x