Endocrine Abstracts

Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) has been used as a clinically significant evaluation tool for analyses regarding glycemic control. Guidelines recommend patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) should aim for an A1C≤7.0%, but real world data is limited in the elderly regarding outcomes associated with different A1C levels.A thousand six hundred Turkish cases were enrolled in this study. The mean age of the patients was 57 (17 to 91) years. The mean HbA1...

Aims: Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is a necessary component of diabetes management but many patients with diabetes do not follow their healthcare proffesionals’ recommendations for self-monitoring. The aims of this study were to determine the proportion of patients with diabetes who perform SMBG in general practice and to identify patient-reported obstacles for SMBG.Methods: The study included 372 patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes m...