Impaired Glucose Metabolism among Those with and without Diagnosed Diabetes and Mortality: A Cohort Study Using Health Survey for England Data

Vanessa L Z Gordon-Dseagu, Jennifer S Mindell, Andrew Steptoe, Alison Moody, Jane Wardle, Panayotes Demakakos and Nicola J Shelton

PLOS ONE, 2015, vol. 10, issue 3, 1-13

Abstract: Background: The extent that controlled diabetes impacts upon mortality, compared with uncontrolled diabetes, and how pre-diabetes alters mortality risk remain issues requiring clarification. Methods: We carried out a cohort study of 22,106 Health Survey for England participants with a HbA1C measurement linked with UK mortality records. We estimated hazard ratios (HRs) of all-cause, cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and 95% confidence intervals (CI) using Cox regression. Results: Average follow-up time was seven years and there were 1,509 deaths within the sample. Compared with the non-diabetic and normoglycaemic group (HbA1C

Date: 2015
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