Type 2 diabetes in Scottish military veterans: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Type 2 diabetes is an important public health problem but the risk in UK military veterans is unknown. We used data from the Trends in Scottish Veterans' Health study to investigate the risk in comparison with people with no record of service.

Design

Retrospective cohort study of a large national sample in Scotland, with up to 37 years follow-up.

Setting

Pseudoanonymised extract of computerised Scottish National Health Service records, including a disease register and national vital records.

Participants

78 000 veterans and 253 000 people with no record of service matched for age, sex and area of residence.

Outcome measures

Cox proportional HRs for first record of type 2 diabetes in veterans compared with non-veterans, overall and by sex and b

SUBMITTER: Bergman BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8814809 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature