Impact of vision and hearing impairments on risk of cardiovascular outcomes and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes: A nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/introduction

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of vision and hearing impairments on the risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes using a nationwide longitudinal cohort.

Materials and methods

We enrolled 771,128 patients with type 2 diabetes who underwent the National Health Screening Program in 2009. We carried out Cox proportional hazards regression analyses to calculate the hazard ratios (HR) of myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and mortality in those with or without vision and hearing impairments. Subgroup analyses of patients stratified by age, sex and diabetic retinopathy were carried out.

Results

Diabetes patients with either vision or hearing impairment showed higher risk of MI, stroke o

SUBMITTER: Jung Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8902382 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature