Regional differences of macrovascular disease in Northeast and South Germany: the population-based SHIP-TREND and KORA-F4 studies

• Main Authors: Violetta Ptushkina (Author), Esther Jacobs (Author), Sabine Schipf (Author), Henry Völzke (Author), Marcello Ricardo Paulista Markus (Author), Matthias Nauck (Author), Christa Meisinger (Author), Annette Peters (Author), Werner Maier (Author), Christian Herder (Author), Michael Roden (Author), Wolfgang Rathmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Previous studies found regional differences in the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes between Northeast and South of Germany. The aim of this study was to investigate if regional variations are also present for macrovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes and in...