The individualisation of glycaemic targets in response to patient characteristics in type 2 diabetes: a scoping review.

Background: Evidence and guidelines increasingly support an individualised approach to care for people with type 2 diabetes and individualisation of glycaemic targets in response to patient factors.

Methods: We undertook a scoping review of the literature for evidence of factors impacting upon glycated haemoglobin target individualisation in adults with type 2 diabetes. Data were analysed thematically with the themes inductively derived from article review.

Screening for hypogonadism in diabetes 2008/9: results from the Cheshire Primary Care cohort.

Aim: There is increasing awareness of hypogonadism in men with type 2 diabetes but limited data from Primary Care.

Subjects And Methods: The anonymised records of 6457 male patients aged 18-80 years with diabetes were accessed. Within the last 2 years 391 men (6.