Excess Risk of Injury in Individuals With Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes Compared With the General Population
Main finding · Hospitalization for any injuryResult — go to the resultAdjusted relative risk 1.22 95% CI 1.21–1.22Authors' conclusion
Individuals with diabetes, especially those using insulin, had a higher risk of hospitalization for injury compared with the general population.
Study context
- Population
- Individuals with diabetes in the Australian National Diabetes Services Scheme vs the Australian general population, 2011–2017
- Exposure
- People with diabetes vs general population
- Outcome
- Hospitalization for any injury (head and neck, lower-extremity, upper-extremity, abdominal and thoracic, burns, other)
Methodological detailslinked national administrative data, Poisson regression, age- and sex-adjusted
- Linked national administrative data
- Poisson regression
- Age- and sex-adjusted
Main finding
Hospitalization for any injury
Adjusted relative risk
1.22
95% CI 1.21–1.22
Events by group
Diabetes
117,705
events
General population
3,463,173
events
Diabetesvs General population
adjusted RR 1.22 (95% CI 1.21–1.22)
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|
| Hospitalization by injury typeDiabetesvs General population | adjusted RR, head and neck 1.28 (95% CI 1.26–1.30) | |
| Hospitalization by injury typeDiabetesvs General population | adjusted RR, lower extremity 1.24 (95% CI 1.23–1.26) | |
| Hospitalization by injury typeDiabetesvs General population | adjusted RR, abdominal and thoracic 1.29 (95% CI 1.27–1.30) | |
| Hospitalization by injury typeDiabetesvs General population | adjusted RR, upper extremity 1.03 (95% CI 1.02–1.05) | |
| Hospitalization by injury typeDiabetesvs General population | adjusted RR, burns 1.52 (95% CI 1.44–1.61) | |
| Hospitalization by injury typeDiabetesvs General population | adjusted RR, other injury 1.37 (95% CI 1.33–1.40) | |
| Any injury by diabetes type and insulin useT1Dvs General population | adjusted RR 1.62 (CI 1.58–1.66) | |
| Any injury by diabetes type and insulin useT2D taking insulinvs General population | adjusted RR 1.65 (CI 1.63–1.66) | |
| Any injury by diabetes type and insulin useT2D not using insulinvs General population | adjusted RR 1.07 (CI 1.06–1.08) | |
| 0.512Ratio (log scale) |
Cause of injury
- Falls were the primary cause of injury in individuals with diabetes
Original publication
Excess Risk of Injury in Individuals With Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes Compared With the General Population. Diabetes Care. Published 25 June 2024. doi:10.
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