Risk of progression from pre-diabetes to type 2 diabetes in a large UK adult cohort

Michael P Gardner, Jingya Wang, Jonathan M Hazlehurst, Chris Sainsbury, Jacqueline Blissett, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar*, Neil Thomas*, Srikanth Bellary

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Abstract

Aims: People with pre‐diabetes are at high risk of progressing to type 2 diabetes. This progression is not well characterised by ethnicity, deprivation and age, which we describe in a large cohort of individuals with pre‐diabetes. Methods: A retrospective cohort study with The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database was conducted. Patients aged 18 years and over and diagnosed with pre‐diabetes [HbA1c 42 mmol/mol (6.0%) to 48 mmol/mol (6.5%) were included]. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to calculate adjusted hazard rate ratios (aHR) for the risk of progression from pre‐diabetes to type 2 diabetes for each of the exposure categories [ethnicity, deprivation (Townsend), age and body mass index (BMI)] separately. Results: Of the baseline population with pre‐diabetes (n = 397,853), South Asian (aHR 1.31; 95% CI 1.26–1.37) or Mixed‐Race individuals (aHR 1.22; 95% CI 1.11–1.33) had an increased risk of progression to type 2 diabetes compared with those of white European ethnicity. Likewise, deprivation (aHR 1.17; 95% CI 1.14–1.20; most vs. least deprived) was associated with an increased risk of progression. Both younger (aHR 0.63; 95% CI 0.58–0.69; 18 to
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere14996
Number of pages10
JournalDiabetic Medicine
Early online date29 Oct 2022
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Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 29 Oct 2022

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Keywords

  • Type 2 diabetes
  • epidemiology
  • incidence
  • pre-diabetes
  • progression

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