Failure to control risk factors among patients with type 2 diabetes; experience from a Greek cohort
Received 5 June 2009; received in revised form 25 July 2009; accepted 2 August 2009. published online 01 September 2009.
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.