ArticleJournal of diabetes2022
Follow-up frequency and clinical outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes: A prospective analysis based on multicenter real-world data.
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- Recent advances and ongoing challenges in diabetes prevention and control in China.Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)) · 2026Review
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- Outcome of Follow-Up Care Frequency on the Glycemic Control of Diabetic Patients in Qassim, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2025Article
- Association between follow-up visit frequency, medication types prescribed, and glycaemic outcomes among diabetic patients in China's Basic Public Health Services programme: a retrospective cohort study.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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- Impact of baseline and trajectory of the atherogenic index of plasma on incident diabetic kidney disease and retinopathy in participants with type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal cohort study.Lipids in health and disease · 2024Article
- The Relationship Between Age at Diabetes Onset and Clinical Outcomes in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: A Real-World Two-Center Study.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2024Article
- The effects of economic status on metabolic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus at 10 metabolic management centers in China.Journal of diabetes · 2024Article
- Visit-to-visit HbA1c variability is associated with aortic stiffness progression in participants with type 2 diabetes.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2023Article
- Poor glycemic control and associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The Chinese Metabolic Management Centers.Journal of diabetes · 2022Article
- Follow-up frequency and clinical outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes: A prospective analysis based on multicenter real-world data.Journal of diabetes · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo determine whether the follow-up frequency for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in the National Metabolic Management Centers (MMCs) leads to different clinical outcomes.
methodsA total of 19 908 T2DM patients with at least 6 months of facility-based follow-up were recruited in MMCs between June 2017 and April 2021 and divided into lower-frequency and higher-frequency follow-up (LFF and HFF) groups according to the median follow-up frequency of 2.0 (interquartile range 1.2) times per year. Metabolic parameters at baseline and at the last follow-up visit were analyzed. Multivariable linear regression models were performed to assess the relationship between follow-up frequency and between-group percentage changes, adjusting for the major covariables. Additional stratified analyses were conducted to evaluate the metabolic outcomes in the subgroups.
resultsThe characteristics of the participants in the LFF and HFF groups were significantly different at baseline. Participants had significant improvements in multiple metabolic parameters after follow-up. Patients with HFF showed significantly greater decrease in percentage changes of fasting blood glucose (-4.95% ± 37.96% vs -2.21% ± 43.08%, P < .0001) and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) (-12.14% ± 19.78% vs -9.67% ± 20.29%, P < .0001) after adjustments compared to those with LFF. Furthermore, stratification analyses showed that significant between-group percentage changes of HbA1c were observed in those with younger age (<55 years) and higher HbA1c (>9%) at baseline (P for interaction <.001).
conclusionsHFF is associated with better metabolic outcomes. Participants, especially with younger age or worse HbA1c at baseline in the HFF group achieved better glycemic control than those in the LFF group.
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