title: Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in type 2 diabetic patients: a 22-year historical cohort study in Dutch general practice.
abstract: A historical cohort study was performed to assess cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetic patients. The data were collected from 1967 to 1989 in four Dutch general practices performing the Continuous Morbidity Registration Nijmegen. Each newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetic patient fulfilling the WHO criteria (n = 265) was matched to a control patient for practice, sex, age, and social class. Inclusion started in 1967, the first year of the still ongoing, Continuous Morbidity Registration Nijmegen. On average, a follow-up of 6.8 years (range 1 month-22 years) was realized. Compared to the non-diabetic control patients, the Type 2 diabetic patients showed higher cardiovascular morbidity (risk ratio 1.76, 95% CI 1.34-2.30) and a higher mortality rate (risk ratio 1.54, 95% CI 1.07-2.23). Mortality after 10 years was 36% vs 20% (p < 0.01), the median survival time 16 years vs 19 years. The cumulative survival rates were significantly different (p < 0.01) between patients and controls in the age group 65-74 years. The higher mortality in Type 2 diabetic patients was completely due to an excess of cardiovascular death (risk ratio 2.05, 95% CI 1.24-3.37).
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice and Social Medicine, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: de Grauw
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: van de Lisdonk
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: van den Hoogen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Weel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012923:Social Class; D013997:Time Factors