[Prevalence of complications and comorbidities in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study of disease management program participants in Bavaria].
BACKGROUND
Complications and comorbidities of type 2 diabetes account for high costs and reduced life expectancy. There are only incomplete data on the prevalence of those secondary disorders in Germany.


METHODS
A total of 390,459 data sets of single patients in Bavaria, who were enrolled to disease management program "type 2 diabetes" between 2004 and 2006, were studied. Data obtained from the initial visit documentation were screened retrospectively and analyzed with statistical methods.


RESULTS
About three-fourths of the diabetic population have hypertension. Adiposity and lipometabolic disorder each are found in half of the population. Macro- and microangiopathic disease each occur in about twenty percent. Calculated prevalences of nephropathy, retinopathy and neuropathy are lower than expected.


CONCLUSIONS
Complications of type 2 diabetes were frequently observed in the study population. With regard to neuropathy, nephropathy and retinopathy type-2-diabetics should be examined even more thoroughly.
Görlitz
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Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Bayerns, München. nico.goerlitz@kvb.de
Keller
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Ziegler
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D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D052439:Lipid Metabolism Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies