Diabetes, hyperglycemia, and the burden of functional disability among older adults in a community-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a need for continued surveillance of diabetes-related functional disability. In the present study, we examined associations between diabetes, hyperglycemia, and the burden of functional disability in a community-based population.

Methods

A cross-sectional analysis was conducted of 5035 participants who attended Visit 5 (2011-13) of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Functional disability was dichotomously defined by any self-reported difficulty performing 12 tasks essential to independent living grouped into four functional domains. Associations of diagnosed diabetes (via self-report) and undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes (via HbA1c) with functional disability were evaluated using Poisson regression.

Results

Participants had a mean a

SUBMITTER: Godino JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4975681 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature