Foreign- and Swedish-born diabetic patients - a population-based study of prevalence, glycaemic control and social position
Sammanfattning
In a Swedish county 1,568 patients aged 20-64 years were identified, of whom 97,4% were included in the study of medical records. There was no difference in prevalence of diabetes but diagnosis at or after the age of 30 years was more common in foreign-born patients. They were also less often treated with insulin, had shorter duration of diabetes, were more often classified as having a low social position in Sweden and less often controlled in specialized diabetes care departments.