Treatment and associated outcomes of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with a cardiovascular comorbidity and comparison with guideline recommendations: a German claims data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients are at high risk for micro- and macrovascular complications, and cardiovascular (CV) events are a major cause of their increased risk of early death. Despite well-established treatment guidelines for the management of CV disease in T2DM, little is known about the real-world implementation of these guidelines.

Objectives

To characterize the real-life treatment patterns of T2DM patients with an incident CV comorbidity in Germany, to establish whether treatment is in line with respective national guidelines, and to assess guideline adherence with respect to the occurrence of serious clinical outcomes.

Methods

This was a retrospective observational study using claims data from the WIG2 benchmark database including more t

SUBMITTER: Aberle J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12455844 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature