Multimorbidity Patterns among People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Findings from Lima, Peru.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a chronic condition with a high disease burden worldwide, and individuals with T2DM often have other morbidities. Understanding the local multimorbidity profile of patients with T2DM will inform precision medicine and public health, so that tailored interventions can be offered according to the different profiles.

Methods

An analysis was conducted of electronic health records (2016-2021) in one hospital in Lima, Peru. Based on ICD-10 codes and the available measurements (e.g., body mass index), we identified all T2DM cases and quantified the frequency of the most common comorbidities (those in ≥1% of the sample). We also conducted k-means analysis that was informed by the most frequent comorbidities, to identify clusters of patients with

SUBMITTER: Bernabe-Ortiz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9367906 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature