Overall and Cause-Specific Mortality in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan From 1998 Through 2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Taiwanese patients with type 1 diabetes.

Methods

A cohort of 17,203 patients with type 1 diabetes were identified from Taiwan's National Health Insurance claims in the period of 1998-2014. Person-years were accumulated for each individual from date of type 1 diabetes registration to date of death or the last day of 2014. Age, sex, and calendar year standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated with reference to the general population.

Results

In up to 17 years of follow-up, 4,916 patients died from 182,523 person-years. Diabetes (30.15%), cancer (20.48%), circulatory diseases (13.14%), and renal diseases (11.45%) were the leading underlying causes of death. Mortality rate (26.93 per 1,000 perso

SUBMITTER: Lu CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8328860 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature