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ArticleSAGE open medicine2018

Diabetes hospitalizations and deaths in a cohort of treatment-seeking illicit drug users.

Alex Aregbesola, Ifeoma N Onyeka, Olubunmi Olubamwo, Kimmo Ronkainen, Jari Tiihonen, Jaana Föhr, Jussi Kauhanen

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Article in SAGE open medicine, 2018. 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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Alex AregbesolaInstitute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Ifeoma N OnyekaInstitute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5351-1037
Olubunmi OlubamwoInstitute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Kimmo RonkainenInstitute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Jari TiihonenDepartment of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, Niuvanniemi Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Jaana FöhrHelsinki Deaconess Institute, Helsinki, Finland.
Jussi KauhanenInstitute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
University of Eastern Finland · FIHelsinki Deaconess Institute · FI

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Abstract

backgroundStudies on diabetes among illicit drug users are scarce in Finland. This study aimed to describe hospitalization and death due to diabetes among treatment-seeking illicit drug users.

methodsInformation of 4817 treatment-seeking drug users (3365 men and 1452 women) aged 11-65 years (mean 24.5 years) was linked to the Finnish national hospital discharge register and the national death registry to identify those clients who were hospitalized or died from diabetes mellitus during 1997-2013.

resultsFifty-three persons (42 men and 11 women) had primary diagnoses of diabetes, with a total of 146 hospitalizations (121 among men and 25 among women). The total length of stay among men (1183 days) far exceeded those of women (138 days). Overall, type 1 diabetes was the main contributor to hospitalizations (67%, n = 98/146). The proportion of Type 1 diabetes with complications was 31% in men (n = 37/121) and 44% in women (n = 11/25). All cases of deaths due to diabetes (n = 7) occurred in men.

conclusionDiabetes hospitalizations were mainly due to Type 1 diabetes. Longer length of hospital stay was observed in men, and all diabetes deaths occurred among men. Male drug users and drug users in general would require more support to reduce morbidity and mortality due to diabetes.

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