Strøm, Hanne; Selmer, Randi; Birkeland, Kåre I.; Schirmer, Henrik; Berg, Tore Julsrud; Jenum, Anne Karen; Midthjell, Kristian; Berg, Christian; Stene, Lars Christian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Background: National estimates for the occurrence of diabetes are difficult to obtain, particularly time trends in
incidence. The aim was to describe time trends in prevalent and incident use of blood glucose-lowering drugs by
age group and gender in Norway during 2005–2011.
Methods: Data were obtained from the nationwide Norwegian Prescription Database. We defined prevalent
users of “insulins ...