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Epidemiology/health services research

• Impact of a structured patient support program on adherence and persistence in basal insulin therapy for type 2 diabetes (22 December, 2018)

  Fang Liz Zhou, Jason Yeaw, Swapna U Karkare, Mitch DeKoven, Paulos Berhanu, Timothy Reid
• Factors influencing variation in participation in the National Diabetes Audit and the impact on the Quality and Outcomes Framework indicators of diabetes care management (23 October, 2018)

  Caroline E Wright, Stephen Yeung, Helen Knowles, Antoinette Woodhouse, Emma Barron, Sian Evans
• Is chronic low back pain a risk factor for diabetes? The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (23 October, 2018)

  Ingrid Heuch, Ivar Heuch, Knut Hagen, Elin Pettersen Sørgjerd, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, John-Anker Zwart
• Patterns and correlates of use of evidence-based interventions to control diabetes by local health departments across the USA (5 September, 2018)

  Rachel G Tabak, Renee G Parks, Peg Allen, Rebekah R Jacob, Stephanie Mazzucca, Katherine A Stamatakis, Allison R Poehler, Marshall H Chin, Maureen Dobbins, Debra Dekker, Ross C Brownson
• Joint effects of serum vitamin D insufficiency and periodontitis on insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, and type 2 diabetes: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2009–2010 (23 July, 2018)

  Aleksandra M Zuk, Carlos R Quiñonez, Olli Saarela, Ryan T Demmer, Laura C Rosella
• Increased risk of hospital-acquired foot ulcers in people with diabetes: large prospective study and implications for practice (9 July, 2018)

  Frances Wensley, Christopher Kerry, Gerry Rayman
• Derivation and external validation of a clinical version of the German Diabetes Risk Score (GDRS) including measures of HbA1c (6 July, 2018)

  Kristin Mühlenbruch, Rebecca Paprott, Hans-Georg Joost, Heiner Boeing, Christin Heidemann, Matthias B Schulze
• Oral diabetes medication monotherapy and short-term mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease (15 June, 2018)

  Sridharan Raghavan, Wenhui G Liu, David R Saxon, Gary K Grunwald, Thomas M Maddox, Jane E B Reusch, Seth A Berkowitz, Liron Caplan
• Lower vitamin D levels are associated with higher blood glucose levels in Asian Indian women with pre-diabetes: a population-based cross-sectional study in North India (15 June, 2018)

  Surya Prakash Bhatt, Anoop Misra, Seema Gulati, Naamrata Singh, Ravindra Mohan Pandey
• Accuracy of glycosuria, random blood glucose and risk factors as selective screening tools for gestational diabetes mellitus in comparison with universal diagnosing (15 June, 2018)

  Faith Agbozo, Abdulai Abubakari, Clement Narh, Albrecht Jahn
• Lower gastrointestinal symptoms are associated with worse glycemic control and quality of life in type 1 diabetes mellitus (29 May, 2018)

  John S Leeds, Marios Hadjivassiliou, Solomon Tesfaye, David S Sanders
• Treatment choice, medication adherence and glycemic efficacy in people with type 2 diabetes: a UK clinical practice database study (5 May, 2018)

  Jason Gordon, Phil McEwan, Iskandar Idris, Marc Evans, Jorge Puelles
• Real-world crude incidence of hypoglycemia in adults with diabetes: Results of the InHypo-DM Study, Canada (24 April, 2018)

  Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing, Stewart B Harris, Selam Mequanint, Sonja M Reichert, Judith Belle Brown, Jason Edward Black, Bridget L Ryan
• Diabetes risk score in the United Arab Emirates: a screening tool for the early detection of type 2 diabetes mellitus (29 March, 2018)

  Nabil Sulaiman, Ibrahim Mahmoud, Amal Hussein, Salah Elbadawi, Salah Abusnana, Paul Zimmet, Jonathan Shaw
• Mexican American and South Asian population-based cohorts reveal high prevalence of type 2 diabetes and crucial differences in metabolic phenotypes (20 March, 2018)

  Gordon P Watt, Susan P Fisher-Hoch, Mohammad H Rahbar, Joseph B McCormick, Miryoung Lee, Audrey C Choh, Sadagopan Thanikachalam, Mohan Thanikachalam
• Periodontitis, edentulism and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study (16 March, 2018)

  Zuila Albuquerque Taboza, Katia Linhares Costa, Virginia Régia Silveira, Flavia Aparecida Furlaneto, Renan Montenegro Jr, Stefanie Russell, Ananda Dasanayake, Rodrigo O Rego
• Serum creatinine levels and risk of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus or dysglycemia in middle-aged Japanese men: a retrospective cohort study (27 February, 2018)

  Mamoru Takeuchi, Hironori Imano, Isao Muraki, Yuji Shimizu, Mina Hayama-Terada, Akihiko Kitamura, Takeo Okada, Masahiko Kiyama, Hiroyasu Iso
• Association of type 1 diabetes and concentrations of drinking water components in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (21 February, 2018)

  Roger Chafe, Rana Aslanov, Atanu Sarkar, Peter Gregory, Alex Comeau, Leigh Anne Newhook
• Compliance with guidelines for disease management in diabetes: results from the SwissDiab Registry (21 February, 2018)

  Katrin E Schimke, Frida Renström, Sandro Meier, Christoph Stettler, Michael Brändle
• Sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics associated with self-reported diagnosed diabetes mellitus in adults aged 50+ years in Ghana and South Africa: results from the WHO-SAGE wave 1 (2 February, 2018)

  Fitsum Eyayu Tarekegne, Mojgan Padyab, Julia Schröders, Jennifer Stewart Williams
• Variations of dietary intake by glycemic status and Hispanic/Latino heritage in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) (30 January, 2018)

  Sarah S Casagrande, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, Larissa Avilés-Santa, Matthew J O’Brien, Cristina Palacios, Cynthia M Pérez, Samantha A Reina, Xueyin Wang, Qibin Qi, Aida L Giachello, Rebeca A Espinoza Giacinto, Catherine C Cowie
• Trends in type 2 diabetes detection among adults in the USA, 1999–2014 (12 January, 2018)

  Linda S Geiss, Kai McKeever Bullard, Ralph Brinks, Annika Hoyer, Edward W Gregg