Risk factors for microvascular and macrovascular complications in men and women with type 2 diabetes.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the importance of risk factors for microvascular and macrovascular complications, separated by sex, in type 2 diabetes.


METHODS
Cross-sectional surveys of diabetic patients registered with primary health services in 1995.


METHODS
Three community health centres in Stockholm County.


METHODS
407 subjects with type 2 diabetes in 1995. For 78 of these, data were also registered in 1992.


METHODS
Odds ratio (OR) by logistic regression for risk factors predicting microvascular and macrovascular complications, for age and duration in years.


RESULTS
For microvascular complications, the most important factors were in men the duration of diabetes (OR 1.13, p < 0.001) and in women the duration of diabetes (OR 1.08, p < 0.001) and age (OR 1.04, p < 0.05). For macrovascular complications, the most important factors were in men, age (OR 1.09, p < 0.001) and hypertension (OR 4.85, p < 0.001) and in women, age (OR 1.08, p < 0.001) and duration of diabetes (OR 1.08, p < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Hypertension is more important among men and the duration of diabetes among women as risk factor for macrovascular complications in type 2 diabetes.
Wändell
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Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology