Cohort profile: the Funen Diabetes Database-a population-based cohort of patients with diabetes in Denmark.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Detailed population-based data are essential to understanding the epidemiology of diabetes and its clinical course. This article describes the Funen Diabetes Database (FDDB). The purpose of the FDDB was to serve as a shared electronic medical record system for healthcare professionals treating patients with diabetes. The cohort can also be used for research.

Participants

The FDDB covers a geographical area of almost 500 000 Danish inhabitants. It currently includes 3691 patients with type 1 diabetes, 19 085 patients with type 2 diabetes, 292 patients with other types of diabetes and 5992 patients with an unknown type of diabetes. Patients have been continuously enrolled from general practitioners and endocrinology departments in the Funen area in Denmark since 2003.

SUBMITTER: Adelborg K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7245374 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature