Type 1 diabetes, cognitive ability and incidence of cardiovascular disease and death over 60 years of follow-up time in men.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

There are few cohorts of type 1 diabetes that follow individuals over more than half a century in terms of health outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine associations between type 1 diabetes, diagnosed before age 18, and long-term morbidity and mortality, and to investigate whether cognitive ability plays a role in long-term morbidity and mortality risk.

Methods

In a Swedish cohort, 120 men with type 1 diabetes and 469 without type 1 diabetes were followed between 18 and 77 years of age as regards morbidity and mortality outcomes, and impact of cognitive ability at military conscription for the outcomes. In Cox regression analyses and Kaplan-Meier analyses with log-rank tests, associations between diabetes and cognitive ability respectively, and outcomes (mortali

SUBMITTER: Dybjer E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9540636 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature