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Diabetes In Elderly Ups Mortality
posted 06/03/04
Diabetes substantially increases premature deaths among the
elderly.
In a new study Dr. Bertoni and his colleagues showed among people 65 and older,
the mortality rate was 10 percent per year in people who had diabetes contrasted
with 6 percent per year for those without diabetes.
"The main implication of our findings is that diabetes-related mortality may be
expected to increase in relative importance compared to other causes of death in
the elderly, given recent trends of increasing diabetes prevalence," Bertoni
said.
The result was something of a surprise, since several other population studies
had suggested that though diabetes caused "excess mortality" in younger people,
diabetes was less deadly in the elderly, he said.
"These new findings suggest that prevention of diabetes among the elderly should
be a priority," Bertoni said. The work of Alain G. Bertoni at Wake Forest
University Baptist Medical Center has been published in the online edition of
Annals of Epidemiology.
Source: Diabetes In Control.com.
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