The relationship between financial hardship and incident diabetic kidney disease in older US adults - a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Financial hardship is associated with poor health, however the association of financial hardship and incident diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is unknown. This study aimed to examine the longitudinal relationship between financial hardship and incident DKD among older adults with diabetes.

Methods

Analyses were conducted in 2735 adults age 50 or older with diabetes and no DKD using four waves of data (2006-2012) from the Health and Retirement Study, a national longitudinal cohort. The primary outcome was incident DKD. Financial hardship was based on three measures: 1) difficulty paying bills; 2) food insecurity; and 3) cost-related medication non-adherence using validated surveys. A dichotomous financial hardship variable (0 vs 1 or more) was constructed based on all

SUBMITTER: Corwin TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8101204 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature