The phrase "a function of diabetes duration" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing how certain outcomes or variables are influenced by the length of time a person has had diabetes.
Example: "The risk of complications is often considered a function of diabetes duration, with longer durations leading to increased risk."
Alternatives: "dependent on the duration of diabetes" or "related to the length of diabetes".
The changes in sorbitol and fructose were also observed as a function of diabetes duration.
These data are consistent with increases in flux via polyol pathway as a function of diabetes duration.
The proportion of children in partial remission according to various definitions is shown in Fig. 1 C as a function of diabetes duration.
Specifically, we investigated, (a) changes in glucose flux via cardiac AR and SDH as a function of diabetes duration, (b) ischemic injury and function after IR, (c) the effect of inhibition of AR or SDH on ischemic injury and function.
11 A more favorable diabetes remission is achievable in patients with a relatively short history of diabetes duration.
P values were determined by ANOVA to assess statistically differences from baseline among baseline HbA1c-subgroup There were 1,464 patients for which we could determine the change in HbA1c levels as a function of duration of diabetes (Table 5).
While the present authors were unable to assess the impact of diabetes duration on cognitive function due to a lack of relevant studies, it is noteworthy that small, but reliable cognitive differences are documented in this meta-analysis of children who have an average disease duration of just 5.23 years.
Retinal haemodynamics have been investigated extensively in the quest for early functional markers of diabetic retinopathy [ 2]; some of the changes detected appear to be a function of the duration of diabetes and the severity of retinopathy [ 2– 4].
Although diabetes duration has been reported to play an important role in patients with type 1 diabetes (12), the influence of diabetes duration seems to play a less important role in type 2 diabetes.
The distribution of GADA titers in patients with autoimmune diabetes was independent of diabetes duration and showed a bimodal distribution.
These benefits were accomplished without metabolic deterioration, independent of diabetes duration or presence of autonomic neuropathy, and persisted beyond the duration of islet graft function.
