Patients with diabetes mostly fall into one
of two
categories, type 1 diabetics, triggered by autoimmunity at a young
age, and type 2 diabetics, caused by metabolic dysfunction
of the liver.
Elbert S. Huang, M.D., M.P.H.,
of the University
of Chicago, and colleagues compared rates
of diabetes complications and mortality across
categories of age and how long a
patient had diabetes.
Results
Of the 40 449 patients included in the study, 16201 (40.0 %) were women; mean (SD) age of the cohort was 72.5 (10.1) years, and the mean CHA2DS2 - VASc (cardiac failure or dysfunction, hypertension, age ≥ 75 years [doubled], diabetes mellitus, stroke [doubled]-- vascular disease, age 65 - 74 years, and sex category [female]-RRB- score was 3.3 at baselin
Of the 40 449
patients included in the study, 16201 (40.0 %) were women; mean (SD)
age of the cohort was 72.5 (10.1) years, and the mean CHA2DS2 - VASc (cardiac failure or dysfunction, hypertension, age ≥ 75 years [doubled], diabetes mellitus, stroke [doubled]-- vascular disease, age 65 - 74 years, and sex category [female]-RRB- score was 3.3 at baselin
of the cohort was 72.5 (10.1) years, and the mean CHA2DS2 - VASc (cardiac failure or dysfunction, hypertension,
age ≥ 75 years [doubled], diabetes mellitus, stroke [doubled]-- vascular disease,
age 65 - 74 years, and sex
category [female]-RRB- score was 3.3 at baseline.