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O CK, Fan YN, Fan B, Lim C, Lau ESH, Tsoi STF, Wan R, Lai WY, Poon EW, Ho J, Ho CCY, Fung C, Lee EK, Wong SY, Wang M, Ozaki R, Cheung E, Ma RCW, Chow E, Kong APS, Luk A, Chan JCN. Precision Medicine to Redefine Insulin Secretion and Monogenic Diabetes-Randomized Controlled Trial (PRISM-RCT) in Chinese patients with young-onset diabetes: design, methods and baseline characteristics. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care 2024; 12:e004120. [PMID: 38901858 PMCID: PMC11212116 DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION We designed and implemented a patient-centered, data-driven, holistic care model with evaluation of its impacts on clinical outcomes in patients with young-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D) for which there is a lack of evidence-based practice guidelines. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In this 3-year Precision Medicine to Redefine Insulin Secretion and Monogenic Diabetes-Randomized Controlled Trial, we evaluate the effects of a multicomponent care model integrating use of information and communication technology (Joint Asia Diabetes Evaluation (JADE) platform), biogenetic markers and patient-reported outcome measures in patients with T2D diagnosed at ≤40 years of age and aged ≤50 years. The JADE-PRISM group received 1 year of specialist-led team-based management using treatment algorithms guided by biogenetic markers (genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism arrays, exome-sequencing of 34 monogenic diabetes genes, C-peptide, autoantibodies) to achieve multiple treatment goals (glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) <6.2%, blood pressure <120/75 mm Hg, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol <1.2 mmol/L, waist circumference <80 cm (women) or <85 cm (men)) in a diabetes center setting versus usual care (JADE-only). The primary outcome is incidence of all diabetes-related complications. RESULTS In 2020-2021, 884 patients (56.6% men, median (IQR) diabetes duration: 7 (3-12) years, current/ex-smokers: 32.5%, body mass index: 28.40±5.77 kg/m2, HbA1c: 7.52%±1.66%, insulin-treated: 27.7%) were assigned to JADE-only (n=443) or JADE-PRISM group (n=441). The profiles of the whole group included positive family history (74.7%), general obesity (51.4%), central obesity (79.2%), hypertension (66.7%), dyslipidemia (76.4%), albuminuria (35.4%), estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 (4.0%), retinopathy (13.8%), atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (5.2%), cancer (3.1%), emotional distress (26%-38%) and suboptimal adherence (54%) with 5-item EuroQol for Quality of Life index of 0.88 (0.87-0.96). Overall, 13.7% attained ≥3 metabolic targets defined in secondary outcomes. In the JADE-PRISM group, 4.5% had pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants of monogenic diabetes genes; 5% had autoantibodies and 8.4% had fasting C-peptide <0.2 nmol/L. Other significant events included low/large birth weight (33.4%), childhood obesity (50.7%), mental illness (10.3%) and previous suicide attempts (3.6%). Among the women, 17.3% had polycystic ovary syndrome, 44.8% required insulin treatment during pregnancy and 17.3% experienced adverse pregnancy outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Young-onset diabetes is characterized by complex etiologies with comorbidities including mental illness and lifecourse events. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT04049149.
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- Chun Kwan O
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- JC School of Public Health & Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- JC School of Public Health & Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- JC School of Public Health & Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Luk AOY. Changing landscape of diabetes in Asia - What are the unmet needs? J Diabetes Investig 2024; 15:402-409. [PMID: 38265148 PMCID: PMC10981145 DOI: 10.1111/jdi.14150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024] Open
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The incidence rates of type 2 diabetes among adults in Asia have been stable, but the rates in youth and young adults have increased. In territory-wide surveillance in Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of People's Republic of China, all-cause mortality rates among people with diabetes have exhibited a declining trend in the past 15 years, with a narrowing in the mortality gap between people with and without diabetes. At the same time, the improvement in survival resulted in a changing age structure and disease profile of people with diabetes, towards an increasing proportion of older people with long diabetes duration and multi-morbidities. Reductions in event rates were not observed in the youngest age group who also had the least gains in risk factor control and uptake in organ protective drugs over time. A young age at diabetes diagnosis, associated with exposure to high glycemic burden from an early age, predicted higher risks of complications and premature mortality compared with later-onset of diabetes. People presenting with type 2 diabetes below 40 years of age were 5-fold more likely to die and their life expectancy was shortened by 8 years than age-matched counterparts without diabetes. Analysis of population-based data in Hong Kong Chinese identified hypertension followed by chronic kidney disease as the leading contributor to mortality in young people, indicating that efforts to optimize non-glycemic risk factors and organ protection are as important in young individuals as it is in the older population.
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- Andrea OY Luk
- Department of Medicine and TherapeuticsThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and ObesityThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health SciencesThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
- Phase 1 Clinical Trial CentreThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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Winell K, Arffman M, Salomaa V. Decreasing national trends in diabetic complications hide regional differences: a prospective population-based study using health care registers in Finland. SCAND CARDIOVASC J 2023; 57:2247190. [PMID: 37614115 DOI: 10.1080/14017431.2023.2247190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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Objectives. To examine whether possibilities to improve care among patients with diabetes are reflected in the numbers of cardiovascular complications at national and regional level in Finland. Methods. The study population included all patients with diabetes in Finland since 1964. The incidences of first acute coronary syndrome, ischemic stroke and lower limb amputation were examined for the period from 2010 to 2017. The age- and sex-standardised incidence rates were calculated for the first events. Adjusted Poisson regression mixed models were used to calculate average annual trends and assess regional variation of incidences during the periods 2010 to 2013 and 2014 to 2017 in the university hospital districts (UHDs) and hospital districts (HDs). Results. The nationwide incidence of first acute coronary syndrome decreased among patients with diabetes by 2.7% (95% confidence interval 2.3%; 3.0%), ischemic stroke by 2.0% (1.5%; 2.4%) and major lower limb amputation by 4.6% (3.1%; 5.9%) annually. The sexes differed only in the decrease in acute coronary events. The annual decrease among males was 2.1% (1.6%; 2.6%) and among females was 3.4% (2.8%; 4.0%) (p = .001). Marked variation was observed among UHDs and HDs in the incidences of cardiovascular events and lower limb amputations in patients with diabetes. The variation in annual trends of diabetic complications was most pronounced in acute coronary syndrome among UHDs with an estimated variance of 0.0006 (p = .034). Conclusions. The decrease in the incidence of first cardiovascular events among patients with diabetes continued from 2010 to 2017 in Finland. However, the declining national incidence rates hide regional differences which should be a target for improvement.
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- Klas Winell
- THL - Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Conmedic, Espoo, Finland
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- THL - Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- THL - Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Mizrak HI, Hansen TW, Rossing P, Curovic VR, Vistisen D, Amadid H, Hansen CS. Declining Incidence Rates of Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy in People With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Denmark, With Indications of Distinct Patterns in Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2023; 46:1997-2003. [PMID: 37647323 DOI: 10.2337/dc23-0312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE It is not known if incidence rates for diabetic distal symmetric polyneuropathy (DSPN) are decreasing, as they are for other diabetic complications. Here, we investigated incidence rates of DSPN in type 1 and type 2 diabetes in a large population-based study. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In the period 1996 to 2018, 19,342 individuals were identified at a Danish tertiary diabetes center. Vibration perception threshold was assessed by biothesiometry and repeated throughout the study. Exclusion of prevalent DSPN cases or missing data left data on 9,473 individuals for analysis of DSPN using a cutoff of >25 V and on 2,783 individuals for analysis using an age-, sex-, and height-specific cutoff. Poisson regression analysis was used to model incidence rates of DSPN for both cutoff types and separately for diabetes types. Covariates were sex, age, diabetes duration, and calendar time. RESULTS Incidence rates (95% CI) of DSPN decreased from 1996 to 2018 (e.g., from 4.78 [3.60-6.33]/100 person-years [PY] to 1.15 [0.91-1.47]/100 PY for 40-year-old men with type 1 diabetes and from 16.54 [11.80-23.18]/100 PY to 8.02 [6.63-9.69]/100 PY for 60-year-old men with type 2 diabetes, when using >25 V as the cutoff value). Analyses using age-, sex-, and height-specific cutoff values demonstrated similar incidence patterns by calendar time without sex differences. For type 1 diabetes, decreasing incidence rates were seen with older age. CONCLUSIONS Incidence rates for DSPN are declining in type 1 and type 2 diabetes, possibly due to improved diabetes treatment. This causality remains to be explored. Distinct age-related patterns indicate that the pathophysiology of DSPN may differ between diabetes types.
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- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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Benberin V, Karabaeva R, Kulmyrzaeva N, Bigarinova R, Vochshenkova T. Evolution of the search for a common mechanism of congenital risk of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus in the chromosomal locus 9p21.3. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e35074. [PMID: 37832109 PMCID: PMC10578751 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000035074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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9.21.3 chromosomal locus predisposes to coronary heart disease (CHD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), but their overall pathological mechanism and clinical applicability remain unclear. The review uses publications of the study results of 9.21.3 chromosomal locus in association with CHD and DM2, which are important for changing the focus of clinical practice. The eligibility criteria are full-text articles published in the PubMed database (MEDLINE) up to December 31, 2022. A total of 56 publications were found that met the inclusion criteria. Using the examples of the progressive stages in understanding the role of the chromosomal locus 9p.21.3, scientific ideas were grouped, from a fragmentary study of independent pathological processes to a systematic study of the overall development of CHD and DM2. The presented review can become a source of new scientific hypotheses for further studies, the results of which can determine the general mechanism of the congenital risk of CHD and DM2 and change the focus of clinical practice.
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- Valeriy Benberin
- Centre of Gerontology, Medical Center Hospital of the President’s Affairs Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Centre of Gerontology, Medical Center Hospital of the President’s Affairs Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Centre of Gerontology, Medical Center Hospital of the President’s Affairs Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Centre of Gerontology, Medical Center Hospital of the President’s Affairs Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Centre of Gerontology, Medical Center Hospital of the President’s Affairs Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan
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Misra S, Ke C, Srinivasan S, Goyal A, Nyriyenda MJ, Florez JC, Khunti K, Magliano DJ, Luk A. Current insights and emerging trends in early-onset type 2 diabetes. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2023; 11:768-782. [PMID: 37708901 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-8587(23)00225-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes diagnosed in childhood or early adulthood is termed early-onset type 2 diabetes. Cases of early-onset type 2 diabetes are increasing rapidly globally, alongside rising obesity. Compared with a diagnosis later in life, an earlier-onset diagnosis carries an unexplained excess risk of microvascular complications, adverse cardiovascular outcomes, and earlier death. Women with early-onset type 2 diabetes also have a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. The high burden of complications renders individuals with early-onset type 2 diabetes at future risk of multimorbidity and interventions to reverse these concerning trends should be a priority. Within the early-onset cohort, disease pathophysiology and interventions have been better studied in paediatric-onset (<19 years) type 2 diabetes compared to adults; however, young adults aged 19-39 years (a larger number proportionally) are not well characterised and are also invisible in the current evidence base supporting management, which is derived from trials in later-onset type 2 diabetes. Young adults with type 2 diabetes face challenges in self-management that older individuals are less likely to experience (being in education or of working age, higher diabetes distress, and possible obesity-related stigma and diabetes-related stigma). There is a major research gap as to the optimal strategies to deploy in managing type 2 diabetes in adolescents and young adults, given that current models of care appear to not work as well in this age group. In the face of manifold risk factors (obesity, female sex, social deprivation, non-White European ethnicity, and genetic risk factors) prevention strategies with tailored lifestyle interventions, where needed, are likely to have greater success, but more evidence is needed. In this Review, we draw on evidence from both adolescents and young adults to provide a contemporary update on the current insights and emerging trends in early-onset type 2 diabetes.
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- Shivani Misra
- Division of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, UK; Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Medical Research Council-Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Diabetes Unit and Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Programs in Metabolism and Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia; School of Public Health and Prevention, Monash University Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Wang Y, Xu W, Mak IL, Chin WY, Yu EYT, Lam CLK, Wan EYF. Trends of clinical parameters and incidences of diabetes mellitus complications among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Hong Kong, 2010-2019: a retrospective cohort study. EClinicalMedicine 2023; 60:101999. [PMID: 37234549 PMCID: PMC10206435 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Background Diabetes mellitus-related characteristics, including available medications, onset ages, and newly-introduced management program, have been changing recently in Hong Kong, especially after the introduction of the Risk Assessment and Management Program-Diabetes Mellitus in all outpatient clinics in 2009. To understand the plural change and improve the management of patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) based on the latest data, we examined the trends of clinical parameters, T2DM complications and mortality in patients with T2DM in Hong Kong from 2010 to 2019. Methods In this retrospective cohort study, we acquired data from the Clinical Management System of the Hospital Authority in Hong Kong. Among adults with T2DM diagnosed on or before Sept 30, 2010, and with at least one attendance in general outpatient clinics between Aug 1, 2009, to Sept 30, 2010, we investigated the age-standardised trends of clinical parameters including haemoglobin A1c, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), body mass index and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), complications including cardiovascular disease (CVD), peripheral vascular disease (PVD), sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy (STDR), neuropathy, eGFR<45 mL/min/1.73 m2 and end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and all-cause mortality from 2010 to 2019 and tested the statistical significance of the trends using generalised estimating equation by sex, level of clinical parameters and age groups. Findings In total, 82,650 males and 97,734 females with T2DM were identified. LDL-C decreased from 3 to 2 mmol/L in both males and females, while other clinical parameters changed within 5% over the full decade from 2010 to 2019. CVD, PVD, STDR, and neuropathy had declining incidences, while ESRD and all-cause mortality had increasing incidences from 2010 to 2019. The incidence of eGFR<45 mL/min/1.73 m2 increased in males but decreased in females. The odds ratio (OR) of ESRD (1.13, 95% CI [1.12, 1.15]) was highest in both males and females while the ORs of STDR (0.94, 95% CI [0.92, 0.96]) and neuropathy (0.90, 95% CI [0.88, 0.92]) were lowest in males and females, respectively. Complications and all-cause mortality trends varied among baseline HbA1c, eGFR, and age subgroups. In contrast to the findings in other age groups, the incidence of any outcomes did not decrease in younger patients (<45 years) from 2010 to 2019. Interpretation Improvements were observed in LDL-C and incidences of most complications from 2010 to 2019. Worse performance in the younger age group and increasing incidence of renal complications and mortality need more attention in managing patients with T2DM. Funding The Health and Medical Research Fund, the Health Bureau, and Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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- Yuan Wang
- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Department of Family Medicine, The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health (D24H), Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Sha Tin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Lim LL, Chow E, Chan JCN. Cardiorenal diseases in type 2 diabetes mellitus: clinical trials and real-world practice. Nat Rev Endocrinol 2023; 19:151-163. [PMID: 36446898 DOI: 10.1038/s41574-022-00776-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) can have multiple comorbidities and premature mortality due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, hospitalization with heart failure and/or chronic kidney disease. Traditional drugs that lower glucose, such as metformin, or that treat high blood pressure and blood levels of lipids, such as renin-angiotensin-system inhibitors and statins, have organ-protective effects in patients with T2DM. Amongst patients with T2DM treated with these traditional drugs, randomized clinical trials have confirmed the additional cardiorenal benefits of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP1RA) and nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists. The cardiorenal benefits of SGLT2i extended to patients with heart failure and/or chronic kidney disease without T2DM, whereas incretin-based therapy (such as GLP1RA) reduced cardiovascular events in patients with obesity and T2DM. However, considerable care gaps exist owing to insufficient detection, therapeutic inertia and poor adherence to these life-saving medications. In this Review, we discuss the complex interconnections of cardiorenal-metabolic diseases and strategies to implement evidence-based practice. Furthermore, we consider the need to conduct clinical trials combined with registers in specific patient segments to evaluate existing and emerging therapies to address unmet needs in T2DM.
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- Lee-Ling Lim
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- Phase 1 Clinical Trial Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
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Lazzarini PA, Cramb SM, Golledge J, Morton JI, Magliano DJ, Van Netten JJ. Global trends in the incidence of hospital admissions for diabetes-related foot disease and amputations: a review of national rates in the 21st century. Diabetologia 2023; 66:267-287. [PMID: 36512083 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-022-05845-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Diabetic foot disease (DFD) is a leading cause of hospital admissions and amputations. Global trends in diabetes-related amputations have been previously reviewed, but trends in hospital admissions for multiple other DFD conditions have not. This review analysed the published incidence of hospital admissions for DFD conditions (ulceration, infection, peripheral artery disease [PAD], neuropathy) and diabetes-related amputations (minor and major) in nationally representative populations. METHODS PubMed and Embase were searched for peer-reviewed publications between 1 January 2001 and 5 May 2022 using the terms 'diabetes', 'DFD', 'amputation', 'incidence' and 'nation'. Search results were screened and publications reporting the incidence of hospital admissions for a DFD condition or a diabetes-related amputation among a population representative of a country were included. Key data were extracted from included publications and initial rates, end rates and relative trends over time summarised using medians (ranges). RESULTS Of 2527 publications identified, 71 met the eligibility criteria, reporting admission rates for 27 countries (93% high-income countries). Of the included publications, 14 reported on DFD and 66 reported on amputation (nine reported both). The median (range) incidence of admissions per 1000 person-years with diabetes was 16.3 (8.4-36.6) for DFD conditions (5.1 [1.3-7.6] for ulceration; 5.6 [3.8-9.0] for infection; 2.5 [0.9-3.1] for PAD) and 3.1 (1.4-10.3) for amputations (1.2 [0.2-4.2] for major; 1.6 [0.3-4.3] for minor). The proportions of the reported populations with decreasing, stable and increasing admission trends were 80%, 20% and 0% for DFD conditions (50%, 0% and 50% for ulceration; 50%, 17% and 33% for infection; 67%, 0% and 33% for PAD) and 80%, 7% and 13% for amputations (80%, 17% and 3% for major; 52%, 15% and 33% for minor), respectively. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION These findings suggest that hospital admission rates for all DFD conditions are considerably higher than those for amputations alone and, thus, the more common practice of reporting admission rates only for amputations may substantially underestimate the burden of DFD. While major amputation rates appear to be largely decreasing, this is not the case for hospital admissions for DFD conditions or minor amputation in many populations. However, true global conclusions are limited because of a lack of consistent definitions used to identify admission rates for DFD conditions and amputations, alongside a lack of data from low- and middle-income countries. We recommend that these areas are addressed in future studies. REGISTRATION This review was registered in the Open Science Framework database ( https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/4TZFJ ).
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- Peter A Lazzarini
- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Centre for Healthcare Translation, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
- Allied Health Research Collaborative, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
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- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Centre for Healthcare Translation, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Jamieson Trauma Institute, Metro North Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Queensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
- Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Centre for Healthcare Translation, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Programme Rehabilitation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Wu H, Lau ESH, Yang A, Zhang X, Fan B, Ma RCW, Kong APS, Chow E, So WY, Chan JCN, Luk AOY. Age-specific population attributable risk factors for all-cause and cause-specific mortality in type 2 diabetes: An analysis of a 6-year prospective cohort study of over 360,000 people in Hong Kong. PLoS Med 2023; 20:e1004173. [PMID: 36716342 PMCID: PMC9925230 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The prevalence of type 2 diabetes has increased in both young and old people. We examined age-specific associations and population attributable fractions (PAFs) of risk factors for all-cause and cause-specific mortality in people with type 2 diabetes. METHODS AND FINDINGS We analysed data from 360,202 Chinese with type 2 diabetes who participated in a territory-wide diabetes complication screening programme in Hong Kong between January 2000 and December 2019. We compared the hazard ratios and PAFs of eight risk factors, including three major comorbidities (cardiovascular disease [CVD], chronic kidney disease [CKD], all-site cancer) and five modifiable risk factors (suboptimal HbA1c, suboptimal blood pressure, suboptimal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, smoking, and suboptimal weight), for mortality across four age groups (18 to 54, 55 to 64, 65 to 74, and ≥75 years). During a median 6.0 years of follow-up, 44,396 people died, with cancer, CVD, and pneumonia being the leading causes of death. Despite a higher absolute mortality risk in older people (crude all-cause mortality rate: 59.7 versus 596.2 per 10,000 person-years in people aged 18 to 54 years versus those aged ≥75 years), the relative risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality associated with most risk factors was higher in younger than older people, after mutually adjusting for the eight risk factors and other potential confounders including sex, diabetes duration, lipid profile, and medication use. The eight risk factors explained a larger proportion of mortality events in the youngest (PAF: 51.6%, 95% confidence interval [CI] [39.1%, 64.0%], p < 0.001) than the oldest (PAF: 35.3%, 95% CI [27.2%, 43.4%], p < 0.001) age group. Suboptimal blood pressure (PAF: 16.9%, 95% CI [14.7%, 19.1%], p < 0.001) was the leading attributable risk factor for all-cause mortality in the youngest age group, while CKD (PAF: 15.2%, 95% CI [14.0%, 16.4%], p < 0.001) and CVD (PAF: 9.2%, 95% CI [8.3%, 10.1%], p < 0.001) were the leading attributable risk factors in the oldest age group. The analysis was restricted to Chinese, which might affect the generalisability to the global population with differences in risk profiles. Furthermore, PAFs were estimated under the assumption of a causal relationship between risk factors and mortality. However, reliable causality was difficult to establish in the observational study. CONCLUSIONS Major comorbidities and modifiable risk factors were associated with a greater relative risk for mortality in younger than older people with type 2 diabetes and their associations with population mortality burden varied substantially by age. These findings highlight the importance of early control of blood pressure, which could reduce premature mortality in young people with type 2 diabetes and prevent the onset of later CKD and related mortality at older ages.
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- Hongjiang Wu
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
- Hong Kong Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
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Ng NM, Ng YS, Chu TK, Lau P. Factors affecting prescription of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with established cardiovascular disease/ chronic kidney disease in Hong Kong: a qualitative study. BMC PRIMARY CARE 2022; 23:317. [PMID: 36476327 PMCID: PMC9730654 DOI: 10.1186/s12875-022-01928-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2 I) has cardiorenal protective properties and are recommended for patients with diabetes and established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and/or chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although cardiorenal complications are high in diabetes and pose a significant financial burden on the Hong Kong health care system, the use of SGLT2 I in these populations remains low. And yet this issue has not been explored in Hong Kong primary care. This study aimed to explore factors affecting primary care doctors' prescribing of SGLT2 I in patients with diabetes and established ASCVD/CKD in Hong Kong. METHODS A phenomenological qualitative research using semi-structured interviews was conducted between January and May 2021 in one Hospital Authority cluster in Hong Kong. Purposive sampling was employed to recruit primary care doctors in the cluster. The Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) underpinned the study and guided the development of the interview questions. Data was analysed using both inductive and deductive approaches. The Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) checklist was used to guide the reporting. RESULTS Interviews were conducted with 17 primary care doctors. Four overarching themes were inductively identified: knowledge and previous practice patterns influence prescription, balancing risks and benefits, doctors' professional responsibilities, and system barriers. The four themes were then deductively mapped to the nine specific domains of the TDF: knowledge; intention; memory; beliefs about capabilities; beliefs about consequences; goals; role and identity; emotion; and environmental constraints. Most interviewees, to varying extent, were aware of the cardio-renal advantages and safety profile of SGLT2 I but are reluctant to prescribe or change their patients to SGLT2 I because of their knowledge gap that the cardio-renal benefits of SGLT2 I was independent of glyacemic efficacy. Other barriers included their considerations of patients' age and renal impairment, and patients' perceptions and preferences. CONCLUSIONS Despite evidence-based recommendations of the utilisation of SGLT2 I in patients with established ASCVD/CKD, the prescription behaviour among primary care doctors was affected by various factors, most of which were amendable. Our findings will inform the development of structured interventions to address these factors to improve patients' cardio-renal outcomes.
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- Ngai Mui Ng
- grid.417336.40000 0004 1771 3971Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Tuen Mun Hospital, 23 Tsing Chung Koon Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.417336.40000 0004 1771 3971Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Tuen Mun Hospital, 23 Tsing Chung Koon Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.417336.40000 0004 1771 3971Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Tuen Mun Hospital, 23 Tsing Chung Koon Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.1008.90000 0001 2179 088XDepartment of General Practice, University of Melbourne, 780, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia ,grid.1029.a0000 0000 9939 5719School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751 Australia
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Tan JK, Salim NNM, Lim GH, Chia SY, Thumboo J, Bee YM. Trends in diabetes-related complications in Singapore, 2013-2020: A registry-based study. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0275920. [PMID: 36219616 PMCID: PMC9553054 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a growing global health problem. In Singapore, the prevalence of Type 2 DM is rising, but comprehensive information about trends in DM-related complications is lacking. Objectives We utilized the Singapore Health Services (SingHealth) diabetes registry (SDR) to assess trends in DM micro and macro-vascular complications at the population level, explore factors influencing these trends. Methods We studied trends for ten DM-related complications: ischemic heart disease (IHD), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and strokes, diabetic eye complications, nephropathy, neuropathy, diabetic foot, major and minor lower extremity amputation (LEA). The complications were determined through clinical coding in hospital (inpatient and outpatient) and primary care settings within the SingHealth cluster. We described event rates for the complications in 4 age-bands. Joinpoint regression was used to identify significant changes in trends. Results Among 222,705 patients studied between 2013 and 2020. 48.6% were female, 70.7% Chinese, 14.7% Malay and 10.6% Indian with a mean (SD) age varying between 64.6 (12.5) years in 2013 and 65.7 (13.2) years in 2020. We observed an increase in event rates in IHD, PAD, stroke, diabetic eye complications nephropathy, and neuropathy. Joinpoints was observed for IHD and PAD between 2016 to 2018, with subsequent plateauing of event rates. Major and minor LEA event rates decreased through the study period. Conclusion We found that DM and its complications represent an important challenge for healthcare in Singapore. Improvements in the trends of DM macrovascular complications were observed. However, trends in DM microvascular complications remain a cause for concern.
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- Joshua Kuan Tan
- Health Services Research Unit, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Health Services Research Unit, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Health Services Research Unit, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Health Services Research Unit, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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Morton JI, Lazzarini PA, Shaw JE, Magliano DJ. Trends in the Incidence of Hospitalization for Major Diabetes-Related Complications in People With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Australia, 2010-2019. Diabetes Care 2022; 45:789-797. [PMID: 35085387 DOI: 10.2337/dc21-2268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine trends in the incidence of major diabetes-related complications in Australia. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This study included 70,885 people with type 1 and 1,089,270 people with type 2 diabetes registered on the Australian diabetes registry followed from July 2010 to June 2019. Outcomes (hospitalization for myocardial infarction [MI], stroke, heart failure [HF], lower-extremity amputation [LEA], hypoglycemia, and hyperglycemia) were obtained via linkage to hospital admissions databases. Trends over time in the age-adjusted incidence of hospitalizations were analyzed using joinpoint regression and summarized as annual percent changes (APCs). RESULTS In type 1 diabetes, the incidence of all complications remained stable, except for stroke, which increased from 2010-2011 to 2018-2019 (financial years; APC: +2.5% [95% CI 0.1, 4.8]), and hyperglycemia, which increased from 2010-2011 to 2016-2017 (APC: +2.7% [1.0, 4.5]). In type 2 diabetes, the incidence of stroke remained stable, while the incidence of MI decreased from 2012-2013 to 2018-2019 (APC: -1.7% [95% CI -2.8, -0.5]), as did the incidence of HF and hypoglycemia from 2010-2011 to 2018-2019 (APCs: -0.8% [-1.5, 0.0] and -5.3% [-6.7, -3.9], respectively); the incidence of LEA and hyperglycemia increased (APCs: +3.1% [1.9, 4.4], and +7.4% [5.9, 9.0]). Most trends were consistent by sex, but differed by age; in type 2 diabetes most improvements were confined to individuals aged ≥60 years. CONCLUSIONS Trends in admissions for diabetes-related complications were largely stable in type 1 diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, hospitalization rates for MI, HF, and hypoglycemia fell over time, while increasing for LEA and hyperglycemia.
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- Jedidiah I Morton
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.,Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation & Centre for Healthcare Transformation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.,Allied Health Research Collaborative, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Liu R, Li L, Shao C, Cai H, Wang Z. The Impact of Diabetes on Vascular Disease: Progress from the Perspective of Epidemics and Treatments. J Diabetes Res 2022; 2022:1531289. [PMID: 35434140 PMCID: PMC9012631 DOI: 10.1155/2022/1531289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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At present, the global incidence of diabetes has increased in countries with large populations, and the changes in developing regions are particularly worthy of attention. In the past 40 years or so, the income situation in China, India, and other countries has exploded, leading to changes in the way of life and work as well as an increase in the prevalence of diabetes. Metabolic disorders caused by diabetes can lead to secondary vascular complications, which have long-term malignant effects on the heart, kidneys, brain, and other vital organs of patients. Adequate primary prevention measures are needed to reduce the incidence of diabetic vascular complications, and more attention should be given to treatment after the disease. To this end, it is necessary to determine a standardized drug and physical therapy system and to build a more efficient and low-cost chronic disease management system.
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- Runyang Liu
- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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Fishman B, Zloof Y, Orr O, Tsur AM, Furer A, Omer Gilon M, Chodick G, Leiba A, Derazne E, Tzur D, Afek A, Grossman E, Twig G. The opposing trends of body mass index and blood pressure during 1977-2020; nationwide registry of 2.8 million male and female adolescents. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2021; 20:242. [PMID: 34963457 PMCID: PMC8715587 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-021-01433-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Elevated blood pressure among adolescents has been shown to be associated with future adverse cardiovascular outcomes and early onset diabetes. Most data regarding systolic and diastolic blood pressure trends are based on surveys of selected populations within 10–20-year periods. The goal of this study was to characterize the secular trend of blood pressure given the rising prevalence of adolescent obesity. Methods This nationwide population-based study included 2,785,515 Israeli adolescents (41.6% females, mean age 17.4 years) who were medically evaluated and whose weight, height and blood pressure were measured, prior to mandatory military service between 1977 and 2020. The study period was divided into 5-year intervals. Linear regression models were used to describe the P for trend along the time intervals. Analysis of covariance was used to calculate means of blood pressure adjusted for body mass index. Results During the study period, the mean body mass index increased by 2.1 and 1.6 kg/m2 in males and females, respectively (P for trend < 0.001 in both sexes). The mean diastolic blood pressure decreased by 3.6 mmHg in males and by 2.9 mmHg in females (P < 0.001 in both sexes). The mean systolic blood pressure increased by 1.6 mmHg in males and decreased by 1.9 mmHg in females. These trends were also consistent when blood pressure values were adjusted to body mass index. Conclusion Despite the increase in body mass index over the last four decades, diastolic blood pressure decreased in both sexes while systolic blood pressure increased slightly in males and decreased in females. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12933-021-01433-0.
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- Boris Fishman
- Department of Military Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem and the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Division of Cardiology, The Leviev Heart Center, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,The Talpiot Sheba Medical Leadership Program, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Military Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem and the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Military Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem and the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Orthopedic Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Military Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem and the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Medicine 'B', Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Military Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem and the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Division of Cardiology, The Leviev Heart Center, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Military Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem and the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Maccabitech, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Assuta Ashdod Academic Medical Center affiliated to Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Military Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem and the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Central Management, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,The Hypertension Unit and the Internal Division, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Military Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem and the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Ramat Gan, Israel. .,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. .,Institute of Endocrinology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel.
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Wu H, Lau ESH, Yang A, Zhang X, Ma RCW, Kong APS, Chow E, So WY, Chan JCN, Luk AOY. Data Resource Profile: The Hong Kong Diabetes Surveillance Database (HKDSD). Int J Epidemiol 2021; 51:e9-e17. [PMID: 34904159 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyab252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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- Hongjiang Wu
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China.,Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China.,Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China.,Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China.,Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China.,Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China.,Hong Kong Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China.,Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China.,Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China.,Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China.,Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China
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Bloomgarden Z, Chan JCN. Rationale for glycemic control to improve cardiovascular outcome: Lessons from east and west. J Diabetes 2021; 13:698-700. [PMID: 34047497 DOI: 10.1111/1753-0407.13204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Zachary Bloomgarden
- Department of Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR China
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Wu H, Lau ESH, Yang A, Fan B, Ma RCW, Kong APS, Chow E, So WY, Chan JCN, Luk AOY. Young age at diabetes diagnosis amplifies the effect of diabetes duration on risk of chronic kidney disease: a prospective cohort study. Diabetologia 2021; 64:1990-2000. [PMID: 34121143 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-021-05494-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS We postulated that the increased lifetime risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in young-onset diabetes is attributable to both long disease duration and more aggressive disease. We examined whether age at diabetes diagnosis modifies the effect of diabetes duration on risk of CKD. METHODS We included 436,744 people with incident type 2 diabetes in the Hong Kong Diabetes Surveillance Database (HKDSD) and 16,979 people with prevalent type 2 diabetes in the Hong Kong Diabetes Register (HKDR). We used Poisson models to describe joint effects of age at diabetes diagnosis, diabetes duration and attained age on incidence of CKD in HKDSD. We used Cox proportional hazards models to examine interaction effect of age at diabetes diagnosis and diabetes duration on risk of CKD with adjustment for confounders in HKDR. RESULTS During a median follow-up of 5.3 years, 134,043 cases of CKD were recorded in the HKDSD. The incidence rate ratio for CKD comparing people of the same attained age but diagnosed with diabetes at ages 5 years apart was higher for people with a younger age at diabetes diagnosis, but decreased with increasing age at diabetes diagnosis. During a median follow-up of 6.3 years, 6500 people developed CKD in the HKDR. The increased risk of CKD with longer diabetes duration decreased with older age at diabetes diagnosis. The adjusted HR for CKD associated with 5 year increase in diabetes duration was 1.37 (95% CI 1.13, 1.65) in people with diabetes diagnosed at 20-29 years and 1.01 (95% CI 0.87, 1.18) in those diagnosed at ≥70 years. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Young age at diabetes diagnosis amplified the effect of increasing diabetes duration on increased risk of CKD.
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- Hongjiang Wu
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Hong Kong Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
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Wu H, Lau ESH, Yang A, Szeto CC, Ma RCW, Kong APS, Chow E, So WY, Chan JCN, Luk AOY. Trends in kidney failure and kidney replacement therapy in people with diabetes in Hong Kong, 2002-2015: A retrospective cohort study. LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC 2021; 11:100165. [PMID: 34327367 PMCID: PMC8315404 DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Background There are limited population-wide trend data on kidney failure and kidney replacement therapy (KRT) in people with diabetes. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to report incidence trends of kidney failure and KRT and related mortality in people with diabetes in Hong Kong between 2002 and 2015. Methods We used territory-wide electronic medical records including laboratory, diagnostic and procedural data to identify people with kidney failure and KRT. We used Joinpoint regression models to estimate the average annual percent change (AAPC) of kidney failure and KRT incidence for entire study period, and annual percent change (APC) for each linear trend segment, along with 1-year and 5-year mortality rates. Findings During 4.9 million person-years of follow-up of 712,222 people with diabetes, 31,425 developed kidney failure, among whom 23.0% (n=7,233) received KRT. The incidence of kidney failure declined by 46.8% from 2002 to 2007 (APC: -11.6, 95% CI: -16.3, -6.7), then flattened from 2007 to 2015 (APC: -0.9, 95% CI: -3.1, 1.3). The incidence of KRT remained constant (AAPC: -1.6, 95% CI: -4.4, 1.2). The 1-year mortality rates declined statistically significantly after both kidney failure and KRT. The 5-year mortality rates declined after kidney failure but the decline was not statistically significant after KRT. Interpretation The findings of our study highlight the importance of developing new strategies to prevent a looming epidemic of kidney failure in people with diabetes in Hong Kong. Funding Asia Diabetes Foundation
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Key Words
- AAPC, Average annual percent change
- APC, Annual percent change
- EMR, Electronic medical record
- HA, Hospital Authority
- HD, Hemodialysis
- HKDSD, Hong Kong Diabetes Surveillance Database
- KRT, Kidney replacement therapy
- PD, Peritoneal dialysis
- RAAS, Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
- RAMP-DM, Risk Assessment and Management Programme-Diabetes Mellitus
- diabetes
- incidence
- kidney failure
- kidney replacement therapy
- mortality
- trend
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- Hongjiang Wu
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.,Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.,Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.,Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.,Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.,Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.,Hong Kong Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.,Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.,Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.,Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.,Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Luk AOY, Ng SSS, Holt RIG. Impact of diabetes on COVID-19 and other infection: Report from the 22nd Hong Kong Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors-East Meets West Symposium. Diabet Med 2021; 38:e14547. [PMID: 33615546 PMCID: PMC7995062 DOI: 10.1111/dme.14547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed enormous challenges to healthcare systems worldwide. The negative impact of COVID-19 is widespread and includes not only people who contracted the disease but also those with chronic morbidities such as diabetes whose care is compromised due to diversion of medical resources. People with diabetes are generally more susceptible to infection as a result of altered immunity. People with diabetes have a worse prognosis from COVID-19 and there is evidence to suggest that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 may directly affect pancreatic function precipitating hyperglycaemic crises. In the United Kingdom, one of the most heavily affected countries, guidelines are in place to unify the management of people with diabetes hospitalized for COVID-19. Diabetes services are re-organized to ensure that medical care of people with diabetes is maintained despite resource and other practical constraints. Public health measures including social distancing, hand hygiene and the use of face masks are crucial in containing community transmission of the virus. Hong Kong, one of the most densely populated city in the world, is particularly vulnerable and has in place a stringent containment policy and aggressive contact tracing to ensure public safety during this pandemic.
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- Andrea O. Y. Luk
- Department of Medicine and TherapeuticsThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong Special Administrative RegionPeople’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and TherapeuticsThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong Special Administrative RegionPeople’s Republic of China
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- Human Development and HealthFaculty of MedicineUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUnited Kingdom
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Luk AOY, Wu H, Lau ESH, Yang A, So WY, Chow E, Kong APS, Hui DSC, Ma RCW, Chan JCN. Temporal trends in rates of infection-related hospitalisations in Hong Kong people with and without diabetes, 2001-2016: a retrospective study. Diabetologia 2021; 64:109-118. [PMID: 32986145 PMCID: PMC7520551 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-020-05286-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Infection is an under-recognised but important complication in people with diabetes. Studies on temporal trends in incidence of infection in this population are limited. We report the trends in infection-related hospitalisation in people with diabetes and compared hospitalisation rates between people with and without diabetes in Hong Kong. METHODS Hospital admissions with infection, including pneumonia, influenza, tuberculosis, kidney infection, urinary tract infection, cellulitis, osteomyelitis, foot infection and sepsis, listed as principal diagnosis occurring between 2001 and 2016 were identified from people with diabetes in the electronic medical record system of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. Data on hospitalisation for a subset of these infections in the general population between 2007 and 2016 were obtained from the Department of Health. The number of people with diabetes ranged between 117,322 in 2001 and 570,929 in 2016, and the number without diabetes ranged between 5,242,614 in 2007 and 5,593,153 in 2016. Joinpoint regression was used to describe the trends. RESULTS In people with diabetes, over a period of 16 years, the age-standardised annual rates of hospitalisation decreased for tuberculosis but increased for influenza; rates of hospitalisation for pneumonia increased up until 2004/2005 and declined in men and stabilised in women. The rates of hospitalisation for most infection types were unchanged or increased in the 20-44 year and 45-64 year age groups and decreased in those aged 65 years or above. Trends for most of the infections were similar when comparing sexes. Between 2007 and 2016, the rate ratios of hospitalisation for most infection types between people with and without diabetes were stable, and the rate ratios remained higher in people with diabetes, ranging from 1.3-1.4 for pneumonia to 3.2-4.9 for kidney infections in 2016 compared with non-diabetic individuals. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Despite advances in medical care, hospitalisation due to infections remains a major healthcare burden in people with diabetes. Graphical abstract.
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- Andrea O Y Luk
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Hong Kong Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Wu H, Yang A, Lau ESH, Ma RCW, Kong APS, Chow E, So WY, Chan JCN, Luk AOY. Secular trends in rates of hospitalisation for lower extremity amputation and 1 year mortality in people with diabetes in Hong Kong, 2001-2016: a retrospective cohort study. Diabetologia 2020; 63:2689-2698. [PMID: 32970166 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-020-05278-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS We aimed to describe trends in rates of hospitalisation for lower extremity amputation (LEA) and 1 year mortality rates after LEA in people with diabetes in Hong Kong between 2001 and 2016. METHODS The Hong Kong Diabetes Surveillance Database is a territory-wide population-based diabetes cohort (N = 770,078) identified from the Hong Kong Hospital Authority electronic medical system. We identified LEA events using ICD-9 procedure codes and 1 year mortality after LEA from linkage to the Hong Kong Death Registry. Joinpoint regression models were used to describe the trends. RESULTS Between 2001 and 2016, 6113 hospitalisations for LEAs in men and 4149 in women were recorded in the Hong Kong Diabetes Surveillance Database. The rates of minor LEAs declined by 48.6% (average annual per cent change [AAPC]: -3.8; 95% CI -5.7, -1.9) in men and by 59.5% (AAPC: -6.3; 95% CI -10.6, -1.8) in women. The rates of major LEAs declined by 77.9% (AAPC: -8.0; 95% CI -9.6, -6.5) in men and by 79.3% (AAPC: -10.4; 95% CI -13.1, -7.6) in women. The cumulative 1 year mortality rates after minor and major LEAs were 18.5% and 41.8% in men, and 21.3% and 42.0% in women, respectively, for the whole period. No change was detected in 1 year mortality rates during the surveillance in both sexes. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Although hospitalisation rates for LEAs have declined overall in people with diabetes, there were no improvements in 1 year mortality rates after LEA. Continuous efforts are needed to further prevent LEAs and improve the survival rate of people undergoing LEAs. Graphical abstract.
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- Hongjiang Wu
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Hong Kong Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
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Lim LL, Lau ESH, Ozaki R, Chung H, Fu AWC, Chan W, Kong APS, Ma RCW, So WY, Chow E, Cheung KKT, Yau T, Chow CC, Lau V, Yue R, Ng S, Zee B, Goggins W, Oldenburg B, Clarke PM, Lau M, Wong R, Tsang CC, Gregg EW, Wu H, Tong PCY, Ko GTC, Luk AOY, Chan JCN. Association of technologically assisted integrated care with clinical outcomes in type 2 diabetes in Hong Kong using the prospective JADE Program: A retrospective cohort analysis. PLoS Med 2020; 17:e1003367. [PMID: 33007052 PMCID: PMC7531841 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Diabetes outcomes are influenced by host factors, settings, and care processes. We examined the association of data-driven integrated care assisted by information and communications technology (ICT) with clinical outcomes in type 2 diabetes in public and private healthcare settings. METHODS AND FINDINGS The web-based Joint Asia Diabetes Evaluation (JADE) platform provides a protocol to guide data collection for issuing a personalized JADE report including risk categories (1-4, low-high), 5-year probabilities of cardiovascular-renal events, and trends and targets of 4 risk factors with tailored decision support. The JADE program is a prospective cohort study implemented in a naturalistic environment where patients underwent nurse-led structured evaluation (blood/urine/eye/feet) in public and private outpatient clinics and diabetes centers in Hong Kong. We retrospectively analyzed the data of 16,624 Han Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes who were enrolled in 2007-2015. In the public setting, the non-JADE group (n = 3,587) underwent structured evaluation for risk factors and complications only, while the JADE (n = 9,601) group received a JADE report with group empowerment by nurses. In a community-based, nurse-led, university-affiliated diabetes center (UDC), the JADE-Personalized (JADE-P) group (n = 3,436) received a JADE report, personalized empowerment, and annual telephone reminder for reevaluation and engagement. The primary composite outcome was time to the first occurrence of cardiovascular-renal diseases, all-site cancer, and/or death, based on hospitalization data censored on 30 June 2017. During 94,311 person-years of follow-up in 2007-2017, 7,779 primary events occurred. Compared with the JADE group (136.22 cases per 1,000 patient-years [95% CI 132.35-140.18]), the non-JADE group had higher (145.32 [95% CI 138.68-152.20]; P = 0.020) while the JADE-P group had lower event rates (70.94 [95% CI 67.12-74.91]; P < 0.001). The adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) for the primary composite outcome were 1.22 (95% CI 1.15-1.30) and 0.70 (95% CI 0.66-0.75), respectively, independent of risk profiles, education levels, drug usage, self-care, and comorbidities at baseline. We reported consistent results in propensity-score-matched analyses and after accounting for loss to follow-up. Potential limitations include its nonrandomized design that precludes causal inference, residual confounding, and participation bias. CONCLUSIONS ICT-assisted integrated care was associated with a reduction in clinical events, including death in type 2 diabetes in public and private healthcare settings.
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- Lee-Ling Lim
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Asia Diabetes Foundation, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Asia Diabetes Foundation, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Asia Diabetes Foundation, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Asia Diabetes Foundation, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Hospital Authority Head Office, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Asia Diabetes Foundation, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Asia Diabetes Foundation, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Asia Diabetes Foundation, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Ke C, Stukel TA, Shah BR, Lau E, Ma RC, So WY, Kong AP, Chow E, Chan JCN, Luk A. Age at diagnosis, glycemic trajectories, and responses to oral glucose-lowering drugs in type 2 diabetes in Hong Kong: A population-based observational study. PLoS Med 2020; 17:e1003316. [PMID: 32946450 PMCID: PMC7500681 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Lifetime glycemic exposure and its relationship with age at diagnosis in type 2 diabetes (T2D) are unknown. Pharmacologic glycemic management strategies for young-onset T2D (age at diagnosis <40 years) are poorly defined. We studied how age at diagnosis affects glycemic exposure, glycemic deterioration, and responses to oral glucose-lowering drugs (OGLDs). METHODS AND FINDINGS In a population-based cohort (n = 328,199; 47.2% women; mean age 34.6 and 59.3 years, respectively, for young-onset and usual-onset [age at diagnosis ≥40 years] T2D; 2002-2016), we used linear mixed-effects models to estimate the association between age at diagnosis and A1C slope (glycemic deterioration) and tested for an interaction between age at diagnosis and responses to various combinations of OGLDs during the first decade after diagnosis. In a register-based cohort (n = 21,016; 47.1% women; mean age 43.8 and 58.9 years, respectively, for young- and usual-onset T2D; 2000-2015), we estimated the glycemic exposure from diagnosis until age 75 years. People with young-onset T2D had a higher mean A1C (8.0% [standard deviation 0.15%]) versus usual-onset T2D (7.6% [0.03%]) throughout the life span (p < 0.001). The cumulative glycemic exposure was >3 times higher for young-onset versus usual-onset T2D (41.0 [95% confidence interval 39.1-42.8] versus 12.1 [11.8-12.3] A1C-years [1 A1C-year = 1 year with 8% average A1C]). Younger age at diagnosis was associated with faster glycemic deterioration (A1C slope over time +0.08% [0.078-0.084%] per year for age at diagnosis 20 years versus +0.02% [0.016-0.018%] per year for age at diagnosis 50 years; p-value for interaction <0.001). Age at diagnosis ≥60 years was associated with glycemic improvement (-0.004% [-0.005 to -0.004%] and -0.02% [-0.027 to -0.0244%] per year for ages 60 and 70 years at diagnosis, respectively; p-value for interaction <0.001). Responses to OGLDs differed by age at diagnosis (p-value for interaction <0.001). Those with young-onset T2D had smaller A1C decrements for metformin-based combinations versus usual-onset T2D (metformin alone: young-onset -0.15% [-0.105 to -0.080%], usual-onset -0.17% [-0.179 to -0.169%]; metformin, sulfonylurea, and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor: young-onset -0.44% [-0.476 to -0.405%], usual-onset -0.48% [-0.498 to -0.459%]; metformin and α-glucosidase inhibitor: young-onset -0.40% [-0.660 to -0.144%], usual-onset -0.25% [-0.420 to -0.077%]) but greater responses to other combinations containing sulfonylureas (sulfonylurea alone: young-onset -0.08% [-0.099 to -0.065%], usual-onset +0.06% [+0.059 to +0.072%]; sulfonylurea and α-glucosidase inhibitor: young-onset -0.10% [-0.266 to 0.064%], usual-onset: 0.25% [+0.196% to +0.312%]). Limitations include possible residual confounding and unknown generalizability outside Hong Kong. CONCLUSIONS In this study, we observed excess glycemic exposure and rapid glycemic deterioration in young-onset T2D, indicating that improved treatment strategies are needed in this setting. The differential responses to OGLDs between young- and usual-onset T2D suggest that better disease classification could guide personalized therapy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Calvin Ke
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada
- ICES, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
- Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada
- ICES, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Asia Diabetes Foundation, Metropole Square, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
| | - Alice P. Kong
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
| | - Juliana C. N. Chan
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Asia Diabetes Foundation, Metropole Square, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Asia Diabetes Foundation, Metropole Square, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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