Key result
Diabetes is linked to ~7-fold higher heart failure morbidity versus no diabetes.
Why the study?
Does diabetes mellitus increase the prevalence of heart failure in the Polish population?
Observational (n=656,937)
Yes
Does diabetes mellitus increase the prevalence of heart failure in the Polish population?
Diabetes mellitus is associated with a seven-fold higher prevalence of heart failure, with a particularly high risk in women and individuals over 60 years of age.
Associated HF morbidity rise in Polish diabetes supports vigilance; leaves open causality and broader applicability from cross-sectional data.
INTRODUCTION: Diabetes mellitus is a systemic disease and has a negative effect on the cardiovascular system. This paper aimed to present a retrospective analysis of morbidity associated with heart failure in subgroups of patients with and without diabetes in Poland in 2012. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Data from the National Health Fund were used for the study. In general, 656,937 patients with heart failure, including 281,538 males and 375,354 females, were studied. In this population, additionally, 201,043 patients with heart failure (main diagnosis) and diabetes were studied, including 82,117 males and 118,926 females. RESULTS: The mean index of morbidity associated with heart failure in the whole subpopulation of diabetes patients was 9.03%; 8.42% for males and 9.50% for females. Morbidity associated with heart failure in the population of patients diagnosed with diabetes in Poland in 2012 was seven times higher compared to morbidity associated with heart failure in non-diabetes patients. Morbidity associated with heart failure in females was significantly higher compared to morbidity in males in the whole population, in both the subpopulations of patients with and without diabetes. CONCLUSIONS: Diabetes mellitus significantly increases risk of heart failure in both women and men. The risk is significantly high after the age of 60 years and higher in females.
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Wierzba et al. (2018) conducted an observational in Heart failure and diabetes mellitus (n=656,937). Diabetes mellitus vs. Without diabetes was evaluated on Morbidity associated with heart failure. Diabetes mellitus was associated with a seven-fold higher morbidity of heart failure compared to patients without diabetes, with a mean morbidity index of 9.03% in diabetic patients.
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