Age and Comorbidities significantly influence Time to first optimal glycemic control, reveals study
According to researchers, age and other comorbidities are believed to affect the time for the first optimal glycemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). To prevent organ damage as well as a myriad of complications that arise from diabetes, effective glycemic control is crucial. A recent study was published in the journal BMC Endocrine Disorders by Sintayehu and colleagues.
T2DM still is among the major public health concerns in the world due to lack of proper handling of the glycemic control, which further promotes the development of complications such as cardiovascular disease, neuropathy, and hypertension. These complications can be prevented if appropriate adjustments in the strategies of glycaemic control occurred at an early stage of the disease.
A total of 514 eligible adult diabetes patients were followed up retrospectively from Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, January 2017 to January 2022. Simple random sampling was used to select the participants. The survival status of the participants was determined using a Kaplan Meier curve, while categorical variables were compared by the application of the log-rank test. Predictors of time to the first optimal glycemic control were identified using a Cox proportional hazard model, and variables with a p-value <.05 were considered statistically significant.
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