Clinical predictors of disease progression and medication initiation in untreated patients with type 2 diabetes and A1C less than 7%.

Objective: Many patients with early diabetes remain untreated. Our objectives were to identify clinical predictors of 1) worsening glycemic control and 2) medical treatment initiation in response to worsening glycemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes.

Research Design And Methods: We identified 5,804 type 2 diabetic patients seen at least twice between June 2005 and June 2006 within our 12-clinic primary care network.