Factors Related to Diabetes Mellitus in the Middle-Aged and Over in Taiwan
Chia-Chun Liang1, Wei-Chung Hsu1,2, Yao-Te Tsai3
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Chung-Kang Branch, Cheng-Ching General Hospital, Taichung 40764, Taiwan.
Abstract:
Study Objective: to investigate the factors related to diabetes mellitus in the middle-aged and over in Taiwan. Method: data from seven surveys (in 1989-2011) from the "Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging" (TLSA), among cohort B (above the age 60 in 1989), cohort A (aged 50-66 in 1996), and cohort C (aged 50-66 in 2003), were analyzed by the interval-censored Cox model. Results: in the early aging stage (aged 60-64), diabetes mellitus prevalence among the same age appeared the lowest in cohort B, followed by cohort A; cohort C reveals the highest than the young generation. Moreover, suffering from hypertension and kidney diseases are closely related to diabetes mellitus, with the diabetes mellitus suffering hazard ratio of 2.53 (95%: 2.35, 2.73) and 1.26 (95%: 1.11, 1.44) times, respectively. For people with fair and poor self-rated health, the risk of suffering from diabetes mellitus is 1.16 (95%: 1.07, 1.27) and 1.50 (95%: 1.35, 1.67) times compared to people with good self-rated health, respectively. Conclusions: in this study, it is considered that an advanced interval censoring model analysis could more accurately grasp the characteristics of factors in people who are middle-aged and over suffering from diabetes mellitus in Taiwan.
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