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Contrasting Associations Between Diabetes and Cardiovascular Mortality Rates in Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries: Cohort Study Data From 143,567 Individuals in 21 Countries in the Pure Study Publisher Pubmed



Anjana RM1 ; Mohan V1 ; Rangarajan S2 ; Gerstein HC2 ; Venkatesan U1 ; Sheridan P2 ; Dagenais GR3 ; Lear SA4, 5, 6 ; Teo K2 ; Karsidag K7 ; Alhabib KF8 ; Yusoff K9, 10 ; Ismail N11 ; Mony PK12 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Anjana RM1
  2. Mohan V1
  3. Rangarajan S2
  4. Gerstein HC2
  5. Venkatesan U1
  6. Sheridan P2
  7. Dagenais GR3
  8. Lear SA4, 5, 6
  9. Teo K2
  10. Karsidag K7
  11. Alhabib KF8
  12. Yusoff K9, 10
  13. Ismail N11
  14. Mony PK12
  15. Lopezjaramillo P13
  16. Chifamba J14
  17. Palileovillanueva LM15
  18. Iqbal R16
  19. Yusufali A17
  20. Kruger IM18
  21. Rosengren A19, 20
  22. Bahonar A21
  23. Zatonska K22
  24. Yeates K23
  25. Gupta R24
  26. Li W25
  27. Hu L26
  28. Rahman MO27
  29. Lakshmi PVM28
  30. Iype T29
  31. Avezum A30
  32. Diaz R31
  33. Lanas F32
  34. Yusuf S2

Source: Diabetes Care Published:2020


Abstract

OBJECTIVE We aimed to compare cardiovascular (CV) events, all-cause mortality, and CV mortality rates among adults with and without diabetes in countries with differing levels of income. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study enrolled 143,567 adults aged 35–70 years from 4 high-income countries (HIC), 12 middle-income countries (MIC), and 5 low-income countries (LIC). The mean follow-up was 9.0 ± 3.0 years. RESULTS Among those with diabetes, CVD rates (LIC 10.3, MIC 9.2, HIC 8.3 per 1,000 person-years, P < 0.001), all-cause mortality (LIC 13.8, MIC 7.2, HIC 4.2 per 1,000 person-years, P < 0.001), and CV mortality (LIC 5.7, MIC 2.2, HIC 1.0 per 1,000 person-years, P < 0.001) were considerably higher in LIC compared with MIC and HIC. Within LIC, mortality was higher in those in the lowest tertile of wealth index (low 14.7%, middle 10.8%, and high 6.5%). In contrast to HIC and MIC, the increased CV mortality in those with diabetes in LIC remained unchanged even after adjustment for behavioral risk factors and treatments (hazard ratio [95% CI] 1.89 [1.58–2.27] to 1.78 [1.36–2.34]). CONCLUSIONS CVD rates, all-cause mortality, and CV mortality were markedly higher among those with diabetes in LIC compared with MIC and HIC with mortality risk remaining unchanged even after adjustment for risk factors and treatments. There is an urgent need to improve access to care to those with diabetes in LIC to reduce the excess mortality rates, particularly among those in the poorer strata of society. © 2020 by the American Diabetes Association.
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