Effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake and huge tsunami on glycaemic control and blood pressure in patients with diabetes mellitus

Susumu Ogawa, Mikihito Ishiki, Kazuhiro Nako, Masashi Okamura, Miho Senda, Takuya Sakamoto, Sadayoshi Ito

BMJ Open · 2012 · 55 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

All medical information was lost in the tsunami, and glycaemic and BP controls of the tsunami-affected patients worsened more than those of patients who had been affected by the earthquake alone. Women may be more sensitive to changes in the living environment that result from a major earthquake than are men.

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