Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 7-13 , April 2010

Comparison of clinical-metabolic monitoring and outcomes and coronary risk status in people with type 2 diabetes from Australia, France and Latin America

  • Juan J. Gagliardino

      Affiliations

    • Center of Experimental and Applied Endocrinology (CENEXA, National University of La Plata-National Research Council of La Plata), PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Diabetes Research, Education, and Care, La Plata, Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: CENEXA (UNLP-CONICET LA PLATA), Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, UNLP - Calles 60 y 120, 1900 La Plata, Argentina. Tel.: +54 221 4236712; fax: +54 221 4222081.
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  • Line Kleinebreil

      Affiliations

    • Georges Pompidou Hospital, Paris, France
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  • Stephen Colagiuri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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  • Jeff Flack

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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  • Joaquín E. Caporale

      Affiliations

    • Center of Experimental and Applied Endocrinology (CENEXA, National University of La Plata-National Research Council of La Plata), PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Diabetes Research, Education, and Care, La Plata, Argentina
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  • Fernando Siri

      Affiliations

    • Center of Experimental and Applied Endocrinology (CENEXA, National University of La Plata-National Research Council of La Plata), PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Diabetes Research, Education, and Care, La Plata, Argentina
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  • Charles Clark Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Indiana University School of Medicine, Division of Continuing Medical Education, Indianapolis, USA
    • This manuscript was prepared by above authors on behalf of the ANDIAB, the DIABCARE and the QUALIDIAB Net participating centers.

Received 22 June 2009 ,Revised 17 December 2009 ,Accepted 22 December 2009.

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 Source of financial support: The QUALIDIAB project was sponsored by the Declaration of the Americas (DOTA), with funds from Becton Dickinson and Company, Eli Lilly and Company, LifeScan Inc, Novo Nordisk A/S, and Roche Diagnostics. ANDIAB was supported by Servier Laboratories and the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2009.12.024

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 7-13 , April 2010