Achievement of Treatment Goals and Mortality in Individuals with Diabetes: The ELSA-Brasil Study
Bruna Cristine Chwal, Rodrigo Citton P dos Reis, Maria Inês Schmidt, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Rosane Harter Griep, Bruce B Duncan, Ilias Migdalis · 2023
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Bruna Cristine Chwal and co-authors ask whether meeting treatment goals changes the risk of death for people with diabetes. The goals come from diabetes care guidelines and cover blood sugar, blood pressure, and LDL cholesterol. The data come from ELSA-Brasil, a long-running study of middle-aged and older adults who were followed from a 2008–2010 start through 2019, with deaths confirmed from certificates.
Among 2,423 people with known diabetes, 261 died over about eleven years. Meeting the blood sugar goal gave the strongest protection, and meeting both the sugar and pressure goals cut risk further. Meeting the cholesterol goal, though, came with higher death rates, a result the authors say deserves more study. The paper weighs three everyday targets against real outcomes and shows that joint control of sugar and pressure matters most.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Bruna Cristine Chwal, Rodrigo Citton P dos Reis, Maria Inês Schmidt, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Rosane Harter Griep, Bruce B Duncan, Ilias Migdalis |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |