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To evaluate all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes and assess the impact of obesity, smoking, and disease duration on survival.

April 20, 2006Diabetic MedicineOpen Access

Mortality in people with Type 2 diabetes in the UK

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To evaluate all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes and assess the impact of obesity, smoking, and disease duration on survival.
Identified a cohort of 44,230 patients aged 35–89 years with type 2 diabetes in 1992 and a matched comparison group of 219,797 individuals without diabetes from the UK General Practice Research Database.
Tracked all-cause mortality from January 1992 to October 1999 using Cox proportional hazards models, analyzing the effects of body mass index, smoking status, and diabetes duration in 28,725 patients.
Type 2 diabetes increased all-cause mortality risk overall (HR 1.93, 95% CI 1.89–1.97), with higher relative risk in women (HR 2.13, 95% CI 2.06–2.20) than men (HR 1.77, 95% CI 1.72–1.83), though relative risk declined with advancing age.
Multivariate analysis in patients with diabetes showed increased mortality risk among smokers (HR 1.50, 95% CI 1.41–1.61), individuals with a BMI of 35–54 kg/m² (HR 1.43, 95% CI 1.28–1.59), and those with a BMI of 15–19 kg/m² (HR 1.38, 95% CI 1.18–1.61) compared to a BMI of 20–24 kg/m².

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Cohort study reveals nearly double all-cause mortality in adults with type 2 diabetes, highlighting the compounding risks of smoking and high body mass index.

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Mulnier et al. (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a153286cb0379474a81ff08 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-5491.2006.01838.x

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Cohort study reveals nearly double all-cause mortality in adults with type 2 diabetes, highlighting the compounding risks of smoking and high body mass index.

Mortality in people with Type 2 diabetes in the UK

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