Risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus among adults aging with vision impairment: The role of the neighborhood environment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vision impairment (VI) affects approximately 1 in 28 Americans over the age of 40 and the prevalence increases sharply with age. However, experiencing vision loss with aging can be very different from aging with VI acquired earlier in life. People aging with VI may be at increased risk for diabetes due to environmental barriers in accessing health care, healthy food, and recreational resources that can facilitate positive health behaviors.

Objective

This study examined the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among a cohort of 22,719 adults aging with VI.

Methods

Data are from Optum® Clinformatics® DataMart, a private administrative claims database (2008-2017). Individuals 18 years of age and older a

SUBMITTER: Clarke P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9772041 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature