Aims It is unclear whether type 2 diabetes diagnosed in young adulthood is associated with increased severity than that occurring later in life beyond longer lifetime exposure to hyperglycemia. This study aimed at assessing the independent association of age at type 2 diabetes diagnosis with all-cause mortality. Methods This prospective cohort study enrolled 15,773 Caucasian patients with type 2 diabetes in 19 Italian centers in 2006-2008. Cardiometabolic risk profile and presence of complications and comorbidities were assessed at baseline and participants were stratified by quartiles of age at diabetes diagnosis. All-cause mortality was verified on 31 October 2015. Results Valid information on vital status was retrieved for 15,656 participants (99.3%). Patients in the lowest quartile had the longest diabetes duration, the worst glycemic control and the highest prevalence of insulin treatment, obesity, atherogenic dyslipidemia, and smoking habits. All complications were inversely associated with age at diabetes diagnosis after adjustment for age and sex, but not after further adjustment for diabetes duration. Percentages of death, Kaplan-Meier estimates, and unadjusted hazard ratios and mortality rates increased from the lowest to the highest quartile. In contrast, when adjusting for age and sex, participants falling in the lowest quartile, showed the highest mortality risk [hazard ratio 1.321 (95% confidence interval 1.196-1.460), P < 0.0001]. However, differences among quartiles disappeared after adjustment for diabetes duration, complications/comorbidities, or other cardiovascular risk factors. Conclusions Type 2 diabetes onset in young adulthood is associated with increased mortality that is mainly driven by longer diabetes duration favoring the development of complications. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00715481, retrospectively registered 15 July, 2008. Conclusions Type 2 diabetes onset in young adulthood is associated with increased mortality that is mainly driven by longer diabetes duration favoring the development of complications. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00715481, retrospectively registered 15 July, 2008.

Association between age at diagnosis and all-cause mortality in type 2 diabetes: the Renal Insufficiency and Cardiovascular Events (RIACE) Italian Multicenter Study / Vitale, Martina; Orsi, Emanuela; Solini, Anna; Garofolo, Monia; Grancini, Valeria; Bonora, Enzo; Fondelli, Cecilia; Trevisan, Roberto; Vedovato, Monica; Penno, Giuseppe; Nicolucci, Antonio; Pugliese, Giuseppe. - In: ACTA DIABETOLOGICA. - ISSN 1432-5233. - (2024). [10.1007/s00592-024-02294-1]

Association between age at diagnosis and all-cause mortality in type 2 diabetes: the Renal Insufficiency and Cardiovascular Events (RIACE) Italian Multicenter Study

Vitale, Martina
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Nicolucci, Antonio;Pugliese, Giuseppe
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2024

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Aims It is unclear whether type 2 diabetes diagnosed in young adulthood is associated with increased severity than that occurring later in life beyond longer lifetime exposure to hyperglycemia. This study aimed at assessing the independent association of age at type 2 diabetes diagnosis with all-cause mortality. Methods This prospective cohort study enrolled 15,773 Caucasian patients with type 2 diabetes in 19 Italian centers in 2006-2008. Cardiometabolic risk profile and presence of complications and comorbidities were assessed at baseline and participants were stratified by quartiles of age at diabetes diagnosis. All-cause mortality was verified on 31 October 2015. Results Valid information on vital status was retrieved for 15,656 participants (99.3%). Patients in the lowest quartile had the longest diabetes duration, the worst glycemic control and the highest prevalence of insulin treatment, obesity, atherogenic dyslipidemia, and smoking habits. All complications were inversely associated with age at diabetes diagnosis after adjustment for age and sex, but not after further adjustment for diabetes duration. Percentages of death, Kaplan-Meier estimates, and unadjusted hazard ratios and mortality rates increased from the lowest to the highest quartile. In contrast, when adjusting for age and sex, participants falling in the lowest quartile, showed the highest mortality risk [hazard ratio 1.321 (95% confidence interval 1.196-1.460), P < 0.0001]. However, differences among quartiles disappeared after adjustment for diabetes duration, complications/comorbidities, or other cardiovascular risk factors. Conclusions Type 2 diabetes onset in young adulthood is associated with increased mortality that is mainly driven by longer diabetes duration favoring the development of complications. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00715481, retrospectively registered 15 July, 2008. Conclusions Type 2 diabetes onset in young adulthood is associated with increased mortality that is mainly driven by longer diabetes duration favoring the development of complications. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00715481, retrospectively registered 15 July, 2008.
2024
age at diagnosis; all-cause mortality; complications; diabetes duration; type 2 diabetes
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Association between age at diagnosis and all-cause mortality in type 2 diabetes: the Renal Insufficiency and Cardiovascular Events (RIACE) Italian Multicenter Study / Vitale, Martina; Orsi, Emanuela; Solini, Anna; Garofolo, Monia; Grancini, Valeria; Bonora, Enzo; Fondelli, Cecilia; Trevisan, Roberto; Vedovato, Monica; Penno, Giuseppe; Nicolucci, Antonio; Pugliese, Giuseppe. - In: ACTA DIABETOLOGICA. - ISSN 1432-5233. - (2024). [10.1007/s00592-024-02294-1]
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