Life expectancy in a large cohort of type 2 diabetes patients treated in primary care (ZODIAC-10).

BACKGROUND: Most longitudinal studies showed increased relative mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus until now. As a result of major changes in treatment regimes over the past years, with more stringent goals for metabolic control and cardiovascular risk management, improvement of...

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Main Authors: Helen L Lutgers, Esther G Gerrits, Wim J Sluiter, Lielith J Ubink-Veltmaat, Gijs W D Landman, Thera P Links, Reinold O B Gans, Andries J Smit, Henk J G Bilo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2729379?pdf=render