Prevalence and incidence density rates of chronic comorbidity in type 2 diabetes patients: an exploratory cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence-based diabetes guidelines generally neglect comorbidity, which may interfere with diabetes management. The prevalence of comorbidity described in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) shows a wide range depending on the population selected and the comorbid diseases studied. This exploratory study aimed to establish comorbidity rates in an unselected primary-care population of patients with T2D.

Methods

This was a cohort study of 714 adult patients with newly diagnosed T2D within the study period (1985-2007) in a practice-based research network in the Netherlands. The main outcome measures were prevalence and incidence density rates of chronic comorbid diseases and disease clusters. All chronic disease episodes registered in the practice-based research netwo

SUBMITTER: Luijks H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3523042 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature