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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
[Are there any clinical and metabolic differences between immigrant and Spanish-born diabetic patients?].
To determine the clinical features and the metabolic control in immigrant diabetic patients in two Primary Care centres in La Rioja, Spain. ⋯ Immigrant diabetic patients are younger at diagnosis, have an unchanged baseline C-peptide secretion, higher HbA1c levels, higher WC with lower BMI compared to Spanish-born patients.