Prevalence of anemia and associated All-Cause mortality among adults with Diabetes: The role of chronic kidney disease.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Among adults with diabetes in the United States, we evaluated anemia prevalence by CKD status as well as the role of CKD and anemia, as potential risk factors for all-cause mortality.

Methods

In a retrospective cohort study, we included 6,718 adult participants with prevalent diabetes from the 2003-March 2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a nationally representative sample of the non-institutionalized civilian population in the United States. Cox regression models evaluated the role of anemia and CKD, alone or combined, as predictors of all-cause mortality.

Results

Anemia prevalence among adults with diabetes and CKD was 20%. Having anemia or CKD alone, compared with having neither condition, was significantly associated with all-caus

SUBMITTER: Koyama AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10701781 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature