Multimorbidity at time of death among persons with type 2 diabetes: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes are likely to experience multimorbidity and accumulate multiple chronic conditions over their life. We aimed to identify causes of death and chronic conditions at the time of death in a population-based cohort, and to analyze variations in the presence of diabetes at the time of death overall and across income and immigrant status.

Research design and methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 2,199,801 adult deaths from 1992 to 2017 in Ontario, Canada. We calculated the proportion of decedents with chronic conditions at time of death and causes of death. The risk of diabetes at the time of death was modeled across sociodemographic variables with a log binomial regression adjusting for sex, age, immigrant status, area-leve

SUBMITTER: Rosella LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10236755 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature