Inequalities in cancer mortality trends in people with type 2 diabetes: 20 year population-based study in England.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

The aim of this study was to describe the long-term trends in cancer mortality rates in people with type 2 diabetes based on subgroups defined by sociodemographic characteristics and risk factors.

Methods

We defined a cohort of individuals aged ≥35 years who had newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink between 1 January 1998 and 30 November 2018. We assessed trends in all-cause, all-cancer and cancer-specific mortality rates by age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, obesity and smoking status. We used Poisson regression to calculate age- and calendar year-specific mortality rates and Joinpoint regression to assess trends for each outcome. We estimated standardised mortality ratios comparing mortality rates in people wi

SUBMITTER: Ling S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9947024 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature