Are patients with newly diagnosed frozen shoulder more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes? A cohort study in UK electronic health records
Main finding · T2D diagnosisResult — go to the resultHazard ratio 19.4 95% CI 15.6–24.0Authors' conclusion
People who have been newly diagnosed with frozen shoulder are more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the following 15.8 years. The value of screening patients presenting with frozen shoulder for type 2 diabetes at presentation, alongside more established risk factors, should be considered in future research.
Study context
- Population
- Adults in UK primary care electronic medical records; pre-existing diabetes excludedmatched cohort
- Participants
- 31,226 vs 31,226
- Exposure
- Frozen shoulder vs no frozen shoulder
- Frozen shouldern = 31,226
- Without frozen shouldern = 31,226reference
- Outcome
- Subsequent diagnosis of T2D
Methodological detailsage-, gender- and practice-matched, UK primary care electronic medical records, shared frailty Cox regression
- Age-, gender- and practice-matched
- UK primary care electronic medical records
- Shared frailty Cox regression
Main finding
T2D diagnosis
Hazard ratio
19.4
95% CI 15.6–24.0
Events by group
Frozen shouldervs Without frozen shoulder
HR 19.4 (95% CI 15.6–24.0)
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | HR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| T2D diagnosis, further adjusted (consultations/year, hyperlipidaemia, hypertension, obesity, thyroid dysfunction, ethnicity, deprivation, age, gender) | 20.0 (16.0–25.0) | |
| 0.050.21520Hazard ratio (log scale) |
Original publication
Are patients with newly diagnosed frozen shoulder more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes? A cohort study in UK electronic health records. Diabetes Obes Metab. Published 30 September 2024. doi:10.
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