Occurrence of comorbidities in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients and their impact after 11 years’ follow-up

Sophia Eilat-Tsanani, Avital Margalit, Liran Nevet Golan

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Abstract

The burden of type 2 diabetes is growing, not only through increased incidence, but also through its comorbidities. Concordant comorbidities for type 2 diabetes, such as cardiovascular diseases, are considered expected outcomes of the disease or disease complications, while discordant comorbidities are not considered to be directly related to type 2 diabetes and are less extensively addressed under diabetes management. Here we show that the combination of concordant and discordant comorbidities appears frequently in persons with diabetes (75%). Persons with combined comorbidities visited family physicians more than persons with discordant, concordant or no comorbidity (17.3 ± 10.2, 11.6 ± 6.5, 8.7 ± 6.8, 6.3 ± 6.6 visits/person/year respectively, p < 0.0001). The risk of death during the study period was highest in persons with combined comorbidities and discordant only comorbidities (HR = 33.4; 95% CI 12.5–89.2 and HR = 33.5; 95% CI 11.7–95.8), emphasizing the contribution of discordant comorbidities to the outcome. Our study is unique as a long-term follow-up of an 11-year cohort of 9725 persons with new-onset type 2 diabetes. The findings highlight the contribution of discordant comorbidity to the burden of the disease. The high prevalence of the combination of both concordant and discordant comorbidities, and their appearance before the onset of type 2 diabetes, indicates a continuum of morbidity.

Original languageEnglish
Article number11071
JournalScientific Reports
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 May 2021

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