Risk of Cause-Specific Mortality across Glucose Spectrum in Elderly People: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Backgruound

This study investigated the risk of cause-specific mortality according to glucose tolerance status in elderly South Koreans.

Methods

A total of 1,292,264 individuals aged ≥65 years who received health examinations in 2009 were identified from the National Health Information Database. Participants were classified as normal glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose, newly-diagnosed diabetes, early diabetes (oral hypoglycemic agents ≤2), or advanced diabetes (oral hypoglycemic agents ≥3 or insulin). The risk of system-specific and disease-specific deaths was estimated using multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis.

Results

During a median follow-up of 8.41 years, 257,356 deaths were recorded. Diabetes was associated with significantly higher risk of a

SUBMITTER: Lee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10613770 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature