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Title: | Younger adult type 2 diabetic patients have poorer glycaemic control: A cross-sectional study in a primary care setting in Singapore | Authors: | Quah, J.H.M. Liu, Y.P. Luo, N. How, C.H. Tay, E.G. |
Keywords: | Diabetes mellitus type 2 Hemoglobin A glycosylated Primary health care Singapore |
Issue Date: | 3-Jun-2013 | Citation: | Quah, J.H.M., Liu, Y.P., Luo, N., How, C.H., Tay, E.G. (2013-06-03). Younger adult type 2 diabetic patients have poorer glycaemic control: A cross-sectional study in a primary care setting in Singapore. BMC Endocrine Disorders 13 : -. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-13-18 | Abstract: | Background: The aim was to study the glycaemic control of type 2 diabetic patients, and to identify factors associated with unacceptable glycaemic control (defined as HbA1c >8.0%).Methods: Analysis of data collected in a cross-sectional survey of type 2 diabetic patients in eight SingHealth Polyclinics in January 2009. HbA1c value was measured on the day of the survey, while information on patient and diabetic characteristics was obtained through a questionnaire. Odds ratio of having unacceptable glycaemic control was estimated for selected variables using multiple logistic regression models.Results: A total of 688 patients were included in the analysis. The mean (± standard deviation) and median (range) HbA1c levels were 7.6% (± 1.35) and 7.3% (5.0% to 14.0%), respectively. 25.4% of the patients had an unacceptable HbA1c level of >8.0% and the odds of this were higher (p < 0.05) in patients with the following characteristics: younger age, longer diabetes duration, presence of insulin treatment, and poorer compliance to medication.Conclusion: Younger adult patients were found to have poorer glycaemic control, and hence targeted educational and behaviour modification programmes would be required to effectively manage this group of patients. © 2013 Quah et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. | Source Title: | BMC Endocrine Disorders | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/108829 | ISSN: | 14726823 | DOI: | 10.1186/1472-6823-13-18 |
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