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. 2020 Oct 19;9(10):e21377. doi: 10.2196/21377

Table 5.

Definition of type 2 diabetes.

Study site Diagnoses codes Laboratory measuresa Medication ordersb Exclusions
Geisinger and Johns Hopkins University ICDc-9, ICD-10, or EDGd code for T2D on two separate dates ≥1 elevated HbA1ce or glucose measure and ≥1 diagnosis code for T2D ≥1 T2D medication order ≥10 years of T1Df diagnoses and <5 years of T2Dg diagnoses or first diabetes code before 10 years of age or only meet criteria during pregnancy
New York University School of Medicine ICD-9 or ICD-10 code for T2D on two separate dates ≥2 elevated HbA1c or glucose measure and ≥1 diagnosis code for T2D ≥1 T2D medication order N/Ah
University of Alabama at Birminghami N/A Elevated glucose measure at study visit Self-report of T2D medication N/A

aHbA1c≥6.5%, random glucose≥200 mg/dl, and fasting glucose≥126 mg/dl.

bExcluding Metformin and Acarbose: Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke project.

cICD: International Classification of Diseases.

dEDG: Epic Diagnostic code Groupers.

eHbA1c: glycated hemoglobin.

fT1D: type 1 diabetes.

gT2D: type 2 diabetes.

hN/A: not applicable.

iFrom the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study.