title: Failure to control risk factors among patients with type 2 diabetes; experience from a Greek cohort.
abstract: We reviewed the records of 313 diabetic patients attending a diabetes clinic for at least two years. Despite improvements in the control rates of cardiovascular risk factors, only 8.9% of the patients reached all the metabolic target goals simultaneously at the end, indicating a gap between guidelines and clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Third University Department of Internal Medicine, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece. taskollias@gmail.com
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kollias
authors.forename: Ioannis A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Bliziotis
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Xilomenos
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tolis
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000453:epidemiology; D004522:Educational Status; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents