CV, CHD Mortality Rates Decline in Type 2 Diabetes

Complications from type 2 diabetes (T2D) have been declining for the last 20 years. Research suggests people are adhering to medication and managing their risk factors better.1 Public health efforts and advances in medical technology and pharmacology translated into decreased deaths from CHD between 1980-2000.2What impact has this had on mortality in T2D?A recent study published in Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism used NHANES data to compare mortality rates and causes of death among people with T2D over time. Top-line results are offered in the slides above. 

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1. Ali MK, Bullard KM, Saaddine JB, et al. Achievement of goals in U.S. diabetes care, 1999-2010.N Engl J Med. 2013 Apr 25;368:1613-24. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa1213829

2. Ford ES, Ajani UA, Croft JB, et al. Explaining the decrease in U.S. deaths from coronary disease, 1980-2000.N Engl J Med. 2007; 356: 2388-2398

3. Tsujimoto T, Kajio H, Sugiyama T,et  al. Favourable changes in mortality in people with diabetes - U.S. NHANES 1999-2010.Diabetes Obes Metab. 2017 Jun 22. doi: 10.1111/dom.13039.