Observational study of vascular dementia in the Spanish elderly population according to type 2 diabetes status: trends in incidence, characteristics and outcomes (2004-2013).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine trends overtime in the incidence and in-hospital outcomes of vascular dementia (VaD) hospitalisations in patients aged 70 years or over suffering and not suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) between 2004 and 2013 in Spain.

Design

Retrospective study.

Setting

Spain.

Participants

National hospital discharge data were used; patients aged ≥70, discharged from a hospital with VaD as a primary diagnosis, were selected.

Main outcome measures

Overall incidence, therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, comorbidities, infectious complications, duration of hospital stays and in-hospital mortality (IHM).

Results

In total, 170 607 admissions for VaD (34.3% with T2DM) were identified. We found a significant upward linear trend in t

SUBMITTER: Munoz-Rivas N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5629725 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature