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The Association Between Poor Glycemic Control and Health Care Costs in People With Diabetes: A Population-Based Study

OBJECTIVE

To analyze the differences in health care costs according to glycemic control in people with type 2 diabetes.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

Data on health care resource utilization from 100,391 people with type 2 diabetes were extracted from the electronic database used at the Catalan Health Institute. Multivariate regression models were carried out to test the impact of glycemic control (HbA1c) on total health care, hospital admission, and medication costs; model 1 adjusted for a variety of covariates, and model 2 also included micro- and macrovascular complications. Glycemic control was classified as good for HbA1c <7%, fair for ≥7% to <8%, poor for ≥8% to <10%, and very poor for ≥10%.

RESULTS

Mean per patient annual direct medical costs were 3,039 ± SD 6,581. Worse glycemic control was associated with higher total health care costs: compared with good glycemic control, health care costs increased by 18% (509.82) and 23% (661.35) in patients with very poor and poor glycemic control, respectively, when unadjusted and by 428.3 and 395.1, respectively, in model 2. Medication costs increased by 12% in patients with fair control and by 28% in those with very poor control (model 2). Patients with poor control had a higher probability of hospitalization than those with good control (5% in model 2) and a greater average cost when hospitalization occurred (811).

CONCLUSIONS

Poor glycemic control was directly related to higher total health care, hospitalization, and medication costs. Preventive strategies and good glycemic control in people with type 2 diabetes could reduce the economic impact associated with this disease.




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Diabetic Neuropathy Is a Substantial Burden in People With Type 1 Diabetes and Is Strongly Associated With Socioeconomic Disadvantage: A Population-Representative Study From Scotland

OBJECTIVE

To assess the contemporaneous prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in Scotland and study its cross-sectional association with risk factors and other diabetic complications.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

We analyzed data from a large representative sample of adults with T1D (N = 5,558). We assessed the presence of symptomatic neuropathy using the dichotomized (≥4) Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument Patient Questionnaire score. Logistic regression models were used to investigate associations between DPN and risk factors, as well as with other complications.

RESULTS

The burden of DPN is substantial with 13% prevalence overall. Adjusting for attained age, diabetes duration, and sex, the odds of DPN increased mainly with waist-to-hip ratio, lipids, poor glycemic control (odds ratio 1.51 [95% CI 1.21–1.89] for levels of 75 vs. 53 mmol/mol), ever versus never smoking (1.67 [1.37–2.03]), and worse renal function (1.96 [1.03–3.74] for estimated glomerular filtration rate levels <30 vs. ≥90 mL/min/1.73 m2). The odds significantly decreased with higher HDL cholesterol (0.77 [0.66–0.89] per mmol/L). Living in more deprived areas was associated with DPN (2.17 [1.78–2.65]) for more versus less deprived areas adjusted for other risk factors. Finally, individuals with prevalent DPN were much more likely than others to have other diabetes complications.

CONCLUSIONS

Diabetic neuropathy remains substantial, particularly affecting those in the most socioeconomically deprived groups. Those with clinically manifest neuropathy also have a higher burden of other complications and elevated levels of modifiable risk factors. These data suggest that there is considerable scope to reduce neuropathy rates and narrow the socioeconomic differential by better risk factor control.




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Escaped emu found playing in sprinkler one day later

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Watch: Large flock of migrating birds shows up on Florida weather radar

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Wallaby found wandering British countryside after zoo escape

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Watch: Utah man reunited with class ring 38 years after it was lost in Germany

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Watch: Bear makes late-night visit to Minnesota mall

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16th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference

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Colts QB Philip Rivers to coach at Alabama high school once NFL career ends

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Planet already seeing temps beyond human tolerability

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Lipid and Inflammatory Cardiovascular Risk Worsens Over 3 Years in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes: The TODAY clinical trial

TODAY Study Group
Jun 1, 2013; 36:1758-1764
TODAY Study




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Kidney Disease and Related Findings in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study

Ian H. de Boer
Jan 1, 2014; 37:24-30
DCCT/EDIC 30th Anniversary Summary Findings




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New Insulin Glargine 300 Units/mL Versus Glargine 100 Units/mL in People With Type 2 Diabetes Using Oral Agents and Basal Insulin: Glucose Control and Hypoglycemia in a 6-Month Randomized Controlled Trial (EDITION 2)

Hannele Yki-Järvinen
Dec 1, 2014; 37:3235-3243
Emerging Technologies and Therapeutics




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Phase 3 Trial of Transplantation of Human Islets in Type 1 Diabetes Complicated by Severe Hypoglycemia

Bernhard J. Hering
Jul 1, 2016; 39:1230-1240
Emerging Technologies and Therapeutics




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The Fallacy of Average: How Using HbA1c Alone to Assess Glycemic Control Can Be Misleading

Roy W. Beck
Aug 1, 2017; 40:994-999
Perspectives in Care




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Framingham, SCORE, and DECODE Risk Equations Do Not Provide Reliable Cardiovascular Risk Estimates in Type 2 Diabetes

Ruth L. Coleman
May 1, 2007; 30:1292-1293
BR Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk




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Exploring the Potential of the SGLT2 Inhibitor Dapagliflozin in Type 1 Diabetes: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study

Robert R. Henry
Mar 1, 2015; 38:412-419
Evolving Tactics With Inhibition of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporters




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Vitamin E Reduction of Protein Glycosylation in Diabetes: New Prospect for Prevention of Diabetic Complications?

Antonio Ceriello
Jan 1, 1991; 14:68-72
Short Report




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Early Signs of Cardiovascular Disease in Youth With Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

Neslihan Gungor
May 1, 2005; 28:1219-1221
BR Pathophysiology/Complications




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Empagliflozin as Add-On to Metformin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A 24-Week, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Hans-Ulrich Häring
Jun 1, 2014; 37:1650-1659
Emerging Technologies and Therapeutics




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Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 Concentrations and Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Massimo Cigolini
Mar 1, 2006; 29:722-724
BR Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk




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Update on Cardiovascular Outcomes at 30 Years of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study

John M. Lachin
Jan 1, 2014; 37:39-43
DCCT/EDIC 30th Anniversary Summary Findings




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New Insulin Glargine 300 Units/mL Versus Glargine 100 Units/mL in People With Type 2 Diabetes Using Basal and Mealtime Insulin: Glucose Control and Hypoglycemia in a 6-Month Randomized Controlled Trial (EDITION 1)

Matthew C. Riddle
Oct 1, 2014; 37:2755-2762
Emerging Technologies and Therapeutics




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Neuropathy and Related Findings in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study

Catherine L. Martin
Jan 1, 2014; 37:31-38
DCCT/EDIC 30th Anniversary Summary Findings




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Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibition and Glycemic Control in Type 1 Diabetes: Results of an 8-Week Open-Label Proof-of-Concept Trial

Bruce A. Perkins
May 1, 2014; 37:1480-1483
Novel Communications in Diabetes




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Relationship Between {beta}-Cell Mass and Fasting Blood Glucose Concentration in Humans

Robert A. Ritzel
Mar 1, 2006; 29:717-718
BR Pathophysiology/Complications




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Update on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Light of Recent Evidence: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association

Caroline S. Fox
Sep 1, 2015; 38:1777-1803
Scientific Statement




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Cardiovascular Outcomes Trials in Type 2 Diabetes: Where Do We Go From Here? Reflections From a Diabetes Care Editors Expert Forum

William T. Cefalu
Jan 1, 2018; 41:14-31
Diabetes Care Expert Forum




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Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association

Sarah D. de Ferranti
Oct 1, 2014; 37:2843-2863
Scientific Statement




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Lipoprotein Physiology in Nondiabetic and Diabetic States: Relationship to Atherogenesis

Henry N Ginsberg
Sep 1, 1991; 14:839-855
Diet and Diabetes




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HbA1c Levels Are Significantly Lower in Early and Late Pregnancy

Lene R. Nielsen
May 1, 2004; 27:1200-1201
Brief Reports




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Intensive Diabetes Treatment and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 1 Diabetes: The DCCT/EDIC Study 30-Year Follow-up

The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT)/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) Study Research Group
May 1, 2016; 39:686-693
Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes




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Can a Shift in Fuel Energetics Explain the Beneficial Cardiorenal Outcomes in the EMPA-REG OUTCOME Study? A Unifying Hypothesis

Sunder Mudaliar
Jul 1, 2016; 39:1115-1122
Diabetes Care Symposium




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Improvement in Outcomes of Clinical Islet Transplantation: 1999-2010

Franca B. Barton
Jul 1, 2012; 35:1436-1445
Diabetes Care Symposium




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Relationship of Glucose Tolerance and Plasma Insulin to the Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease: Results from Two Population Studies in Finland

Kalevi Pyörälä
Mar 1, 1979; 2:131-141
Proceedings of the Kroc Foundation International Conference on Epidemiology of Diabetes and its Macrovascular Complications




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Coronary Heart Disease Incidence and Cardiovascular Mortality in Busselton with Reference to Glucose and Insulin Concentrations

T A Welborn
Mar 1, 1979; 2:154-160
Proceedings of the Kroc Foundation International Conference on Epidemiology of Diabetes and its Macrovascular Complications




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Prevalence and Determinants of Glucose Intolerance in a Dutch Caucasian Population: The Hoorn Study

Johanna M Mooy
Sep 1, 1995; 18:1270-1273
Short Report




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Hyperglycemie and Microvascular and Macrovascular Disease in Diabetes

Ronald Klein
Feb 1, 1995; 18:258-268
Kelly West Lecture 1994




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Diabetes and Glucose Tolerance as Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease: The Framingham Study

W B Kannel
Mar 1, 1979; 2:120-126
Proceedings of the Kroc Foundation International Conference on Epidemiology of Diabetes and its Macrovascular Complications




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Latin American business leaders optimistic about region’s post-pandemic economy

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Gas leak at India chemical plant kills 8, sickens hundreds

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Bank of England: British economy could decline 14 percent

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Report: South Korea tested new ballistic missile with larger warhead

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Google-related company pulls plug on Toronto 'smart city' project

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More than 70 dead in Rwanda after floods, landslides

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Northrop Grumman awarded $123.5M to integrate Navy LAIRCM system

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Blue Angels to fly over Dallas, Houston, New Orleans on Wednesday

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DoD releases name of soldier who died in 'non-combat-related' incident in Iraq

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Air Force sets May 16 launch for X-37B spy plane

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Navy breaks ground on laser weapons test lab in California

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