Type 2 diabetics followed up by family physicians: Treatment sequences and changes over time in weight and glycated hemoglobin.

Introduction: The treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is based on preventive hygiene and dietary measures (HDM), oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs), and insulin. The objective of the present study was to reuse general practice data from electronic health records and describe changes over time among patients with T2DM in primary care.

Methods: We analyzed data on patients with T2DM collected by three family physicians in Tourcoing (France) from 2006 to 2018.