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Published on: June 11, 2012
[Main causes of death of patients with diabetes mellitus]
Insights
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for diabetes mellitus patients in Ukraine. Patient age and metabolic disturbance severity/duration impact mortality, but certain diabetes treatments do not affect death rates.
Area of Science:
- Endocrinology
- Cardiology
- Oncology
- Infectious Diseases
Abstract:
Among the causes of death in the patients with diabetes mellitus in Ukraine there prevailed cardiovascular disease (73.1 +/- 0.19%); malignant neoplasms ranked second (12.1 +/- 1.2%); tuberculosis constituted 1.6 +/- 1.2%, and all the rest of the diseases - 13.1 +/- +/- 1.2%, including coma - 0.5%. The frequency of death, particularly from cardiovascular diseases, is influenced by the patients' age, the severity and the duration of metabolic disturbances. The methods of treatment, particularly the saccharolytic sulphanilamide preparations, produce no effect on the death incidence.
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