[
    {
        "id": "osp-1429",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "HbA1c Levels among Primary Healthcare Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Oman",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al-Lawati",
                "given": "Jawad A."
            },
            {
                "family": "Barakat",
                "given": "Mohammed N."
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Maskari",
                "given": "Masoud"
            },
            {
                "family": "Elsayed",
                "given": "Medhat K."
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Lawati",
                "given": "Alya M."
            },
            {
                "family": "Mohammed",
                "given": "Ali Jaffer"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/hba1c-levels-among-primary-healthcare-patients-with-type-2-diabetes-mellitus-in-oman",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2012
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Oman Medical Journal",
        "DOI": "10.5001/omj.2012.111",
        "publisher": "Oman Medical Specialty Board",
        "ISSN": "1999-768X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: To investigate whether younger patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus have higher glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels compared to older patients, and to determine the factors associated with higher HbA1c levels. Methods: Data from 1,266 patients from all over Oman were used to obtain the mean HbA1c level, odds ratios (OR), and 95% confidence intervals (CI) from multiple logistic regression models with age groups, sex, duration of diabetes, diabetes treatment, body mass index, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), tobacco use, and healthcare index as predictors of good (HbA1c"
    }
]