Associations of Age at Diagnosis and Duration of Diabetes With Morbidity and Mortality Among Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Older adults vary widely in age at diagnosis and duration of type 2 diabetes, but treatment often ignores this heterogeneity.

Objectives

To investigate the associations of diabetes vs no diabetes, age at diagnosis, and diabetes duration with negative health outcomes in people 50 years and older.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included participants in the 1995 through 2018 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a population-based, biennial longitudinal health interview survey of older adults in the US. The study sample included adults 50 years or older (n = 36 060) without diabetes at entry. Data were analyzed from June 1, 2021, to July 31, 2022.

Exposures

The presence of diabetes, specifically the age at diabetes diagnos

SUBMITTER: Cigolle CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9526092 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature