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ArticleDiabetes care2013

Mortality by race among low-income adults with early-onset insulin-treated diabetes.

Baqiyyah Nilija Conway, Thomas Anais Elasy, Michael E May, William James Blot

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Article in Diabetes care, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Baqiyyah Nilija ConwayCorresponding author: Baqiyyah Nilija Conway, bnconway@hsc.wvu.edu.
Thomas Anais Elasy
Michael E May
William James Blot
Vanderbilt University · USWest Virginia University · US

Funding

West Virginia IDEA-CTRU54GM104942 · NIGMS · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI Sally Lynn Hodder · 2012 to 2026
$81.0M
Southern Community Cohort StudyR01CA092447 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BLOT, WILLIAM J., ZHENG, WEI · 2001 to 2015
$74.0M
Vanderbilt Center for Diabetes Translation ResearchP30DK092986 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI MILLER-HUGHES, STEPHANIA · 2011 to 2020
$6.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA092447NCI NIH HHS R01-CA-092447NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK092986NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104942
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine if long-term mortality rates in early-onset insulin-treated diabetes differ by race among adults of similar socioeconomic status. RESEARCH DESIGN AND

methodsA total of 391 (299 African Americans, 92 whites) mostly low-income adults 40-79 years of age with insulin-treated diabetes diagnosed before 30 years of age were recruited from community health centers in the southeast U.S. Cox models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) of all-cause mortality among African Americans compared with whites. Additionally, standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were used to compare the mortality experience of the individuals with diabetes with both national and general community health center sex- and race-specific population norms.

resultsMean age at diabetes diagnosis and cohort entry, respectively, was 21 and 50 years in African Americans and 19 and 51 years in whites. During an average of 6.7 years of follow-up, 29% of African Americans and 35% of whites died. In multivariable analysis, no significant mortality difference was observed among African Americans compared with whites (HR 0.83 [95% CI 0.53-1.30]; P=0.51). Compared with the race-specific U.S. general population, SMRs for those with diabetes were 5.7 in African Americans and 11.7 in whites. However, when compared with the same source population (i.e., the community health center population), SMRs were 3.5 and 3.7 in African Americans and whites, respectively.

conclusionsElevated mortality persists in men and women with long duration of early-onset insulin-treated diabetes, but given survival to 40 years of age and similarly low economic status and access to health care, our data do not suggest a racial disparity in mortality.

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PMCPMC3781505
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