Rates of complications and mortality in older patients with diabetes mellitus: the diabetes and aging study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In the coming decades, the population of older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus is expected to grow substantially. Understanding the clinical course of diabetes in this population is critical for establishing evidence-based clinical practice recommendations, identifying research priorities, allocating resources, and setting health care policies. OBJECTIVE To contrast the rates of diabetes complications and mortality across age and diabetes duration categories.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study (2004-2010) included 72,310 older (≥ 60 years) patients with type 2 diabetes enrolled in a large, integrated health care delivery system. Incidence densities (events per 1000 person-years) were calculated for each age category (60-69, 70-79, and ≥ 80 ye

SUBMITTER: Huang ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3950338 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature