Insulin initiation in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes in France: a subpopulation of the LIGHT study.
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Date publication
avril 2012
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr VERGES Bruno
Tous les auteurs :
Kerlan V, Verges B, Tawil C, Lahrichi N, Doucet J
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Résumé
OBJECTIVE: To examine the management of basal insulin analogue initiation in combination with oral antidiabetic drug (OAD) therapy in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes (aged >/=70 years) by physicians via comparison to the same treatment strategy in younger individuals (/=70 years and 1283 aged /=70 years) by physicians. Secondary endpoints included HbA(1c), percentage of patients achieving HbA(1c) target (
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Curr Med Res Opin. 2012 Apr;28(4):503-11