Glycemic control and all-cause mortality risk in type 1 diabetes patients: The EURODIAB prospective complications study

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131301

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Schoenaker, D. A. J. M., Simon, D., Chaturvedi, N., Fuller, J. H. & Soedamah-Muthu, S. S. (2014). Glycemic control and all-cause mortality risk in type 1 diabetes patients: The EURODIAB prospective complications study. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 99 (3), 800-807.

Abstract

Context: Glycemic targets and the benefit of intensive glucose control are currently under debate because intensive glycemic control has been suggested to have negative effects on mortality risk in type 2 diabetes patients.

Objective: We examined the association between glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and all-cause mortality in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Design, Setting, and Patients: A clinic-based prospective cohort study was performed in 2764 European patients with type 1 diabetes aged 15-60 years enrolled in the EURODIAB Prospective Complications Study.

Outcome Measure: Possible nonlinearity of the association between HbA1cand all-cause mortality was examined using multivariable restricted cubic spline regression using three (at HbA1c5.6%, 8.1%, and 11.8%) and five knots (additionally at HbA1c7.1% and 9.5%). Mortality data were collected approximately 7 years after baseline examination.

Results: HbA1cwas related to all-cause mortality in a nonlinear manner after adjustment for age and sex. All-cause mortality risk was increased at both low (5.6%) and high (11.8%) HbA1ccompared with the reference (medianHbA1c: 8.1%) following a U-shaped association [P overall effect = .008 and .04, P nonlinearity = .03 and .11 (three and five knots, respectively)].

Conclusions: Results from our study in type 1 diabetes patients suggest that target HbA1cbelow a certain threshold may not be appropriate in this population. We recognize that these low HbA1clevels may be related to anemia, renal insufficiency, infection, or other factors not available in our database. If our data are confirmed, the potential mechanisms underlying this increased mortality risk among those with low HbA1cwill need further study.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2013-2824