EDUCATION, ACCESS TO CARE... are winners...Over the past 2 decades, the incidence of diabetes-related complications among Americans with diabetes has fallen substantially, a new study shows. Rates of MI and death from hyperglycemic crisis have each plummeted by two-thirds. Rates of stroke and amputation have each declined by half, and the rate of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has dropped by 30%. The decline in these outcomes has been greater among people with diabetes than the general population, which is encouraging, lead author Edward W. Gregg, PhD, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in Atlanta, GA, told Medscape Medical News. However, theres still a big gap, he cautioned. People with diabetes have a significantly increased risk of many different sources of morbidity — an 80% greater risk of heart attack, a 50% greater risk of stroke, a 10-times higher risk of amputation, and a 6-times greater risk of ESRD.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 11:16:55 +0000
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