Cohort profile: The Multiethnic Lifestyle, Obesity and Diabetes Registry in Malaysia (MeLODY) retrospective cohort in a middle-income country in Southeast Asia.

ABSTRACT: There is a lack of longitudinal data on type 2 diabetes (T2D) in low- and middle-income countries. We leveraged the electronic health records (EHR) system of a publicly funded academic institution to establish a retrospective cohort with longitudinal data to facilitate benchmarking, surveillance, and resource planning of a multi-ethnic T2D population in Malaysia. This cohort included 15,702 adults aged ≥ 18 years with T2D who received outpatient care (January 2002-December 2020) from Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The mean age of participants was 54.3 ± 12.6 years, with a T2D duration of 12.7 ± 4.8 years, HbA1c of 8.9 ± 2.6%, body mass index of 28.2 ± 6.2 kg/m2, and 47.4% were men. The top three comorbidities were dyslipidaemia (87.1%), overweight/obesity

SUBMITTER: Singh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12419649 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature