title: Feline diabetes mellitus: a retrospective mortality study of 55 cats (1982-1994).
abstract: Signalment, concomitant diseases, prognostic factors, and mortality were evaluated, retrospectively, in 55 diabetic cats (mean age, 11 years; range, five to 18 years). Sixty-seven percent of the cats were between 7.5 and 15 years of age. One-year mortality (n = 23) was high; most early deaths were due to comorbid disease, and the rate of death diminished in cats surviving beyond one year. The median survival time for all cats was 29 months; among cats that died, the median survival time was 11 months. Of the cats surviving more than one year, 16 were alive at a mean of 41 months. Only 13 of 37 cats died due to diabetes mellitus; the majority died due to concomitant diseases, with renal failure (n = 8) and hepatopathies (n = 6) being the most common causes. No clinical data was identified as being of prognostic significance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kraus
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Calvert
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D002415:Cats; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate