title: Assessment of diabetic control: a comparison between home and clinic blood glucose levels.
abstract: A comparison between blood glucose levels in patients attending a diabetes clinic and in the same patients leading their normal lives showed that for maturity-onset diabetic patients on oral hypoglycemic therapy, the clinic levels were a poor guide to the patients' usual blood glucose. For insulin-treated patients and for those treated with diet alone, the clinic levels were not significantly different from those taken at home or work.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001645:Biguanides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D006029:Glycosuria / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D001645:Biguanides; D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds