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Risk stratification for diabetic eye screening. Reply to Stratton I. M. and Aldington S. J. [letter]

H. C. Looker, S. O. Nyangoma, D. T. Cromie, J. A. Olson, G. P. Leese… in Diabetologia (2014)

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Type 2 diabetes, socioeconomic status and risk of cancer in Scotland 2001–2007

The objective of this study was to use Scottish national data to assess the influence of type 2 diabetes on the risk of cancer at 16 different sites, while specifically investigating the role of confounding by...

J. J. Walker, D. H. Brewster, H. M. Colhoun, C. M. Fischbacher, G. P. Leese… in Diabetologia (2013)

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Predicted impact of extending the screening interval for diabetic retinopathy: the Scottish Diabetic Retinopathy Screening programme

The aim of our study was to identify subgroups of patients attending the Scottish Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (DRS) programme who might safely move from annual to two yearly retinopathy screening.

H. C. Looker, S. O. Nyangoma, D. T. Cromie, J. A. Olson, G. P. Leese… in Diabetologia (2013)

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Area-based socioeconomic status, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular mortality in Scotland

The aim of this study was to explore the relationships between type 2 diabetes mellitus, area-based socioeconomic status (SES) and cardiovascular disease mortality in Scotland.

C. A. Jackson, N. R. V. Jones, J. J. Walker, C. M. Fischbacher… in Diabetologia (2012)

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Hospitalised hip fracture risk with rosiglitazone and pioglitazone use compared with other glucose-lowering drugs

Current drug labels for thiazolidinediones (TZDs) warn of increased fractures, predominantly for distal fractures in women. We examined whether exposure to TZDs affects hip fracture in women and men and compar...

H. M. Colhoun, S. J. Livingstone, H. C. Looker, A. D. Morris, S. H. Wild… in Diabetologia (2012)

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The effect of deprivation and HbA_1c on admission to hospital for diabetic ketoacidosis in type 1 diabetes

Diabetic ketoacidosis is a potentially life-threatening complication of diabetes and has a strong relationship with HbA_1c. We examined how socioeconomic group affects the likelihood of admission to hospital for d...

L. Govan, E. Maietti, B. Torsney, O. Wu, A. Briggs, H. M. Colhoun… in Diabetologia (2012)

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Diabetic retinopathy at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in Scotland

The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of and risk factors for diabetic retinopathy in people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus, using Scottish national data.

H. C. Looker, S. O. Nyangoma, D. Cromie, J. A. Olson, G. P. Leese, M. Black… in Diabetologia (2012)

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Do men develop type 2 diabetes at lower body mass indices than women?

To describe the associations between age, sex and BMI at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, and test the hypothesis that men are diagnosed with diabetes at lower average BMI than women of similar age.

J. Logue, J. J. Walker, H. M. Colhoun, G. P. Leese, R. S. Lindsay… in Diabetologia (2011)

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Can we predict which patients are at risk of having an ungradeable digital image for screening for diabetic retinopathy?

We aimed to determine the reasons for, and variables which predicted, ungradeable retinal photographs during screening patients for diabetic retinopathy.

H Murgatroyd, A Cox, A Ellingford, J D Ellis, C J MacEwen, G P Leese in Eye (2008)

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TCF7L2 in the Go-DARTS study: evidence for a gene dose effect on both diabetes susceptibility and control of glucose levels

The gene encoding transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) has been identified as a type 2 diabetes locus from genome-wide linkage studies and subsequent association analysis. We investigated the role of two common...

C. H. Kimber, A. S. F. Doney, E. R. Pearson, M. I. McCarthy… in Diabetologia (2007)

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Blindness in patients with diabetes who have been screened for eye disease

Purpose Detection of diabetic retinopathy by screening is a major public health concern. Fundus photography has been shown to be a useful screening tool for the detection of diabetic retinopathy. In this paper th...

M C Rhatigan, G P Leese, J Ellis, A Ellingford, A D Morris, R W Newton… in Eye (1999)