Glycemic control of people with diabetes over months after the 2018 North Osaka Earthquake.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

On June 18 2018, Japan experienced the North Osaka Earthquake. The shaking intensity was recorded as level 6 of the Japan Meteorological Agency Seismic Intensity Scale. Despite the severe shaking, damages of lifelines and transportation networks were limited, and they were completely recovered within several days. We investigated whether the glycemic control in patients with diabetes was deteriorated over months after the earthquake.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed diabetic outpatients attending the department of Metabolic Medicine, Osaka University Hospital, close to the epicenter of the earthquake, in 2018 (n = 1940), and those in 2017 (n = 1908) as a control. Whether glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels were elevated after the earthquake, and whe

SUBMITTER: Watanabe H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7790924 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature