Abstract
Aims: To identify trajectories of long-term HbA1c levels and examine associations with subsequent risk for morbidity and mortality. Methods: We conducted a longitudinal follow-up among 27,724 patients, newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, in a large healthcare organization. We identified trajectories of long-term HbA1c levels during the first 5 years post diabetes onset to examine associations with subsequent risk for morbidity and all-cause mortality. Results: We identified two HbA1c trajectories; the “Steady-plateau HbA1c trajectory” in 93% of patients and a “Sharp-incline HbA1c trajectory” in 7% of patients. When compared to the steady-plateau group, patients in the sharp-incline group were younger, male, from a lower socio-economic background, and higher levels of HbA1c at baseline. Patients in the sharp-incline trajectory had a HR = 1.83 (95%CI: 1.58–2.12) for all-cause mortality, HR = 1.99 (95%CI: 1.74–2.27) for cardiovascular disease, and HR = 1.68 (95%CI: 1.51–1.86) for renal disease, compared to patients in the steady-plateau trajectory. Conclusions: Patients in the sharp-incline trajectory had a higher risk for all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and renal disease, compared to patients in the steady-plateau trajectory. Estimation of HbA1c variability in the first years of diagnosis may be a useful indicator of those patients at high risk for diabetes related complications.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 413-419 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Primary Care Diabetes |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Oct 2020 |
Keywords
- Adult onset diabetes mellitus
- Diabetes complications
- Glycated hemoglobin A
- Mortality
- Time factors
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Internal Medicine
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Nutrition and Dietetics