Diabetes and the risk of hospitalisation for infection: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

The aim of this work was to assess the association between diabetes and risk for infection-related hospitalisation and mortality.

Methods

We conducted a prospective cohort analysis of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Diabetes was defined as a fasting glucose ≥7 mmol/l or non-fasting glucose ≥11.1 mmol/l, self-report of a diagnosis of diabetes by a physician, or current diabetes medication use. Hospitalisation for infection was ascertained from hospital discharge records. Participants were followed from 1987-1989 to 2019.

Results

We included 12,379 participants (mean age 54.5 years; 24.7% Black race; 54.3% female sex). During a median follow-up of 23.8 years, there were 4229 new hospitalisations for infection. After adjusting for po

SUBMITTER: Fang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8331324 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature