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ArticleAdipocyte2018

Glycemic control and its associated factors among diabetes mellitus patients at Ayder comprehensive specialized hospital, Mekelle-Ethiopia.

Seifu Mideksa, Sintayehu Ambachew, Belete Biadgo, Habtamu Wondifraw Baynes

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Article in Adipocyte, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Seifu Mideksaa Clinical Chemistry laboratory, Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital , Mekelle , North, Ethiopia.
Sintayehu Ambachewb Department of Clinical Chemistry , School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar , Northwest Ethiopia.
Belete Biadgob Department of Clinical Chemistry , School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar , Northwest Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-4468-0242
Habtamu Wondifraw Baynesb Department of Clinical Chemistry , School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar , Northwest Ethiopia.
University of Gondar · ETMekelle University · ET

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes is one of the largest health emergencies of the twenty-first century and it is increasing with alarming rate throughout the world. Glycemic Control in diabetes patients is an important issue in minimizing diabetes related complications and deaths. Institution based comparative cross-sectional study was conducted from March to April, 2017. Glycated Hemoglobin A1c and biochemical profiles were determined using Huma Meter A1c and ABX PENTRA 400 clinical chemistry analyzer. Independent t-test to compare groups, bivariate and multi variable logistic regression analysis were used. A P-value <0.05 was considered as statistically significance. A total of 336 study participants were enrolled in this study. Overall, 208(61.9%) of the study participants had poor glycemic control. The poor glycemic control was significantly higher in glucometer non-users 120(71.4%) compared to glucometer users 88(52.4%) (P < 0.001). Income, the number of visits, high-triglyceride, high low-density lipoprotein and non-glucometer use were significantly associated with the poor glycemic control.

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Glycemic LoadHospitals, SpecialAdultAgedDiabetes MellitusEthiopiaFemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansMaleMiddle AgedRegression AnalysisGlycated HemoglobinDiabetes mellitusglucometerglycemic controlself-monitoring blood glucose

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PMID29775127
PMCPMC6224191
OpenAlexW2800078406

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