Diabetic Retinopathy at Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes in Scotland

Submitted by pgmcintosh on Tue, 12/06/2012 - 11:23

Aims/hypothesis
The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of and risk factors for diabetic retinopathy in people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus, using Scottish national data.

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Reduced incidence of lower extremity amputations in people with diabetes in Scotland: a nationwide study

SUBMITTED BY PGMCINTOSH ON SAT, 12/05/2012 - 13:05

OBJECTIVE
To establish the incidence of nontraumatic lower-extremity amputation (LEA) in people with diabetes in Scotland.

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Assessment of the underreporting of diabetes as a co-morbidity in hospital admission data

Submitted by pgmcintosh on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 10:31

Aims/hypothesis
To describe the associations between age, sex and BMI at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, and test the hypothesis that men are diagnosed with diabetes at lower average BMI than women of similar age.

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Assessment of the under-reporting of diabetes in hospital admission data

Submitted by pgmcintosh on Thu, 17/11/2011 - 00:00

Aims
Good quality data are required to plan and evaluate diabetes services and to assess progress against targets for reducing hospital admissions and bed days. The aim of this study was to assess the completeness of recording of diabetes in hospital admissions using recent national data for Scotland.

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