Self-rated health and mortality in individuals with diabetes mellitus: prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate whether low self-rated health (SRH) is associated with increased mortality in individuals with diabetes.

Design

Population-based prospective cohort study.

Setting

Enrolment took place between 1992 and 2000 in four centres (Bilthoven, Heidelberg, Potsdam, Umeå) in a subcohort nested in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.

Participants

3257 individuals (mean ± SD age was 55.8±7.6 years and 42% women) with confirmed diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.

Primary outcome measure

The authors used Cox proportional hazards modelling to estimate HRs for total mortality controlling for age, centre, sex, educational level, body mass index, physical inactivity, smoking, insulin treatment, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia

SUBMITTER: Wennberg P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3282291 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature