Basal Insulin Initiation in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Taiwan: A Comparison with Younger Patients

Background: Basal insulin is a common therapy for insulin initiation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) uncontrolled with oral antidiabetic drugs (OAD). There is limited data for initiating basal insulin therapy in the elderly population in clinical practice. Methods: The aim of this s...

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Main Authors: Ming-Nan Chien, Chun-Chuan Lee, Sung-Chen Liu, Wei-Che Chen, Ching-Hsiang Leung, Chao-Hung Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2015-09-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959815000769