In a recent study published in BMJ , researchers evaluated the regional, national, and global inequalities, trends, and burden of juvenile-onset, type 1, or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (T1DM) among elders between 1990 and 2019. Study: Global burden of type 1 diabetes in adults aged 65 years and older, 1990-2019: population based study . Image Credit: DGLimages/Shutterstock.
com Previous research links type 1 diabetes to a shorter life expectancy. However, diabetes treatment and complication management have improved dramatically during the 1990s, with recent studies reporting an increase in the number of older individuals with type 1 diabetes. Most countries lack detailed statistics on the prevalence of juvenile-onset diabetes and specialized clinical care guidelines for elders.
Understanding changes in death rates and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for older adults (65 years and above) with insulin-dependent diabetes is crucial for their management. In the present study, researchers investigated juvenile-onset diabetes prevalence, mortality rates, and DALYs, expressed as per 100,000 individuals, among adults aged 65 years and older at global, national, and regional levels from 1990 to 2019. The study included older adults from 21 areas across 204 nations and territories [2019 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study] between 1990 and 2019.
The primary outcome measures were type 1 diabetes-associated age-standardized prevalence rates, deaths, DALYs, and the mean ann.
