skip to main content
Language:
Search Limited to: Search Limited to: Resource type Show Results with: Show Results with: Search type Index

Glycaemic control amongst patients attending a routine diabetes clinic and the impact of intensive insulin regimens in clinical practice

Practical diabetes international, 1998-10, Vol.15 (7), p.203-205 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ;ISSN: 1357-8170 ;EISSN: 1528-252X ;DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1960150709

Full text available

Citations Cited by
  • Title:
    Glycaemic control amongst patients attending a routine diabetes clinic and the impact of intensive insulin regimens in clinical practice
  • Author: Pawar, BK ; Walford, S ; Singh, BM
  • Subjects: audit ; diabetes mellitus ; glycaemic control ; intensive insulin regimens ; routine diabetes clinic
  • Is Part Of: Practical diabetes international, 1998-10, Vol.15 (7), p.203-205
  • Description: In order to determine the level of glycaemic control attainable and the related benefit of intensive insulin therapy in routine clinical diabetes practice, a cross‐sectional survey of an adult diabetes clinic population was undertaken. We audited 2,066 adult patients with diabetes: age 5±15yr (mean±SD); 1,207 (58%) male; 72% Caucasians; 1,261 (61%) on insulin. Mean HbA1c was 6.7±1.7% (normal <5.5%) with no significant effects of age, sex, racial origin, micro‐ and/or macrovascular complications, but treatment category was significant: HbA1c on diet 6.4±1.6%, on tablets 6.6±1.6% and on insulin 6.8±1.7% (p<0.01). Amongst insulin‐treated patients (age 54±16yr; 56% male; 76% Caucasian), 1,072 (85%) were on conventional insulin regimens and 189 (15%) on intensive insulin regimens. No significant effects were found for age, sex, race, complications or insulin regimen (HbA1c conventional 6.7±1.7% vs intensive 6.9±1.7%) despite the intensive group being younger (56±16yr vs 39±13y, p<0.001). In patients aged <40yr and treated with insulin within one year of diagnosis (n=293, age 31±6yr, 54% male, 83% Caucasians, 105 (36%) on intensive regimens) HbA1c was 6.8±1.7% in conventional vs 7.0±1.7% in intensively treated patients (ns). We conclude that, in routine practice, conventional and intensive insulin regimens achieve equivalent glycaemic control and are both favourably comparable to the intensively managed group of the DCCT.
  • Publisher: Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1357-8170
    EISSN: 1528-252X
    DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1960150709
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
Back to results list
INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY (84-028) 37 755 057 Feedback
19 Nguyen Huu Tho St. Dist.7, HCM thuvien@tdtu.edu.vn

Copyright © 2017 INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY

Searching Remote Databases, Please Wait