External validity of randomized controlled trials of glycaemic control and vascular disease: how representative are participants?

Title : External validity of randomized controlled trials of glycaemic control and vascular disease: how representative are participants?

Source : PubMed
ID : 23075287
Authors : Saunders C, Byrne CD, Guthrie B, Lindsay RS, McKnight JA, Philip S, Sattar N, Walker JJ, Wild SH; Scottish Diabetes Research Network Epidemiology Group.
Year : 2012
Disease Category : Endocrine disease
Focused Population : Not Specified
Priori/Posteriori : Priori
Single-study Generalibility? : Multiple
Score/Non-Score : Non-score
Tutorial/Method : Inclusion and exclusion criteria from each trial were applied to data on the population of people with a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes living in Scotland in 2008 (n = 180,590) in a population-based cross-sectional study and the number and proportion of people eligible for each trial was determined
Compared general demographic and patient characteristics : No
Compared disease-specific clinical characteristics : No
Compared adverse events : No
Compared outcomes/treatment effect (including survival) : No
Real-world data sources : population of people with a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes living in Scotland in 2008 (n = 180 590) in a population-based cross-sectional study
Target Population Data Type Levels : National