High proportion of undiagnosed diabetes in patients surgically treated for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm: findings from the multicentre Norwegian Aortic Aneurysm and Diabetes (ABANDIA) Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim was to investigate the total prevalence of known and undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (DM), and the association of DM with perioperative complications following elective, infrarenal, open surgical (OSR) or endovascular (EVAR), Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) repair.

Methods

In this Norwegian prospective multicentre study, 877 patients underwent preoperative screening for DM by HbA_1c measurements from November 2017 to December 2020. Diabetes was defined as screening detected HbA_1c ≥ 48 mmol/mol (6.5%) or previously diagnosed diabetes. The association of DM with in-hospital complications, length of stay, and 30-day mortality rate were evaluated using adjusted and unadjusted logistic regression models.

Results

The total prevalence of

SUBMITTER: Wesche J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11386390 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature