Prognosis of diabetics with diabetes onset before the age of thirty-one. II. Factors influencing the prognosis.
In 307 patients with diabetes mellitus, developed prior to 1933 and before age 31 it was demonstrated that: (1) frequent contact with a specialized diabetes clinic from an early stage of the disease; (2) a good quality of "metabolic control"; (3) a low insulin dose; (4) a body weight of 10% less than ideal; and (5) a mean blood pressure below 100 mm Hg, all had significantly beneficial effects upon the survival. It was also found that patients domiciled in Copenhagen had a significantly better prognosis than patients domiciled outside Copenhagen. Frequent contact with a diabetes centre was accompanied by an appreciable decrease in disabling late diabetic complications.
D000367:Age Factors; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001835:Body Weight; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000401:mortality*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis
D007328:Insulin