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Prevalence, glucose control and relative survival of people with Type 2 diabetes in the UK from 1991 to 2013

Holden, S. E., Jenkins-Jones, S., Morgan, Christopher Ll., Peters, J. R., Schernthaner, G. and Currie, C. J. 2017. Prevalence, glucose control and relative survival of people with Type 2 diabetes in the UK from 1991 to 2013. Diabetic Medicine 34 (6) , pp. 770-780. 10.1111/dme.13332

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Abstract

Aims To characterize the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes between 1991 and 2013 in the UK and to determine whether corresponding glucose control and survival had changed in the diabetic population during this period. Methods For this retrospective cohort study, people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes between 1991 and 2013 were identified from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and the annual point prevalence calculated. Mean HbA1c by year was estimated. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to calculate the risk of all-cause mortality by year for incident cases of Type 2 diabetes treated with glucose-lowering therapy. Results Crude prevalence of diagnosed Type 2 diabetes increased from 1.32% [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.30% to 1.34%] in 1991 to 4.54% (4.52% to 4.56%) in 2013. Mean HbA1c for people with diagnosed Type 2 diabetes was 71 mmol/mol (8.6%) in 1991, 59 mmol/mol (7.5%) in 2003 and 58 mmol/mol (7.5%) in 2013. For diagnosed Type 2 diabetes treated with glucose-lowering therapy, when compared with 1991, the hazard ratio for all-cause mortality was 0.33 (0.27–0.41) in 2013. Conclusion The prevalence of diagnosed Type 2 diabetes trebled in the UK between 1991 and 2013. Improved survival in people with diagnosed Type 2 diabetes is likely to account, at least in part, for the increase in prevalence observed.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Subjects: R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Publisher: Wiley
ISSN: 0742-3071
Date of Acceptance: 3 February 2017
Last Modified: 31 Jan 2020 03:25
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/101101

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