Diabetes type 2 in the Berlin Aging Study II: Cross‐sectional and longitudinal data on prevalence, incidence and severity over on average seven years of follow‐up
Authors' conclusion
A comprehensive picture of T2D with respect to prevalence, incidence, and severity in older people of the Berlin Aging Study II is provided.
Study context
- Population
- Older men and women aged ≥60 years, Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II); baseline age 68.8 ± 3.7 years; follow-up 7.4 ± 1.5 years later
- Participants
- 1,671 men
- Outcome
- Prevalence, incidence and severity of T2D
- Follow-up
- On average 7 years
Methodological detailsexploratory, observational
- Exploratory
- Observational
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
T2D prevalence, incidence and severity
- Proportion with T2D at baseline
- 12.9% (37.3% women)
- Proportion with T2D at follow-up
- 17.1% (41.1% women)
- Incident T2D cases
- 74
- Unaware of the disease at follow-up
- 22.2%
- Incidence rate
- 10.7 new T2D diagnoses per 1000 person-years
- Mean diabetes complications severity index (DCSI) at baseline vs follow-up (significant increase)
- 1.1 ± 1.2 vs. 2.0 ± 1.8; range 0-5 vs. 0-6
- Cardiovascular complications (highest impact), baseline vs follow-up
- 43.2% vs 67.6%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Diagnosis of incident T2D by OGTT alone
- OGTT as only criterion more frequent in women
- P = 0.028
- More than half of the 41 newly identified incident T2D cases diagnosed solely by OGTT
Original publication
Diabetes type 2 in the Berlin Aging Study II: Cross‐sectional and longitudinal data on prevalence, incidence and severity over on average seven years of follow‐up. Diabet Med. Published 17 April 2023. doi:10.
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