title: Rate of obesity in U.S. ambulatory patients with diabetes mellitus: a national assessment of office-based physician visits.
abstract: To examine the interface between obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus we examined data from the 2005 U.S. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). Our findings indicate a significant proportion of U.S. ambulatory patients with DM present with obesity and greater clinical acuity than patients with DM alone.
authors: Department of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99217, United States. jneumiller@wsu.edu
authors: Joshua J
authors: JJ
authors: Neumiller
authors: David A
authors: DA
authors: Sclar
authors: Linda M
authors: LM
authors: Robison
authors: Stephen M
authors: SM
authors: Setter
authors: Tracy L
authors: TL
authors: Skaer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid; D006278:Medicare; D008875:Middle Aged; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009819:Office Visits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult