Adherence to Oral Glucose-Lowering Therapies and Associations With 1-Year HbA1c: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis in a Large Primary Care Database.
Author
Farmer, A
Rodgers, L
Lonergan, M
Shields, Beverley M
Weedon, M
Donnelly, L
Holman, R R
Pearson, E R
Hattersley, Andrew T.
Date
2016-02Journal
Diabetes careType
Journal ArticlePublisher
American Diabetes AssociationDOI
10.2337/dc15-1194Rights
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The impact of taking oral glucose-lowering medicines intermittently, rather than as recommended, is unclear. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using community-acquired U.K. clinical data (Clinical Practice Research Database [CPRD] and GoDARTS database) to examine the prevalence of nonadherence to treatment for type 2 diabetes and investigate its potential impact on HbA1c reduction stratified by type of glucose-lowering medication.