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Type 2 diabetes and 1‐year mortality in intensive care unit patients
Author(s) -
Christiansen Christian F.,
Johansen Martin B.,
Christensen Steffen,
O'Brien James M.,
Tønnesen Else,
Sørensen Henrik T.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european journal of clinical investigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.164
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1365-2362
pISSN - 0014-2972
DOI - 10.1111/eci.12036
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , intensive care unit , type 2 diabetes , hazard ratio , kidney disease , population , proportional hazards model , heart failure , myocardial infarction , cohort study , intensive care medicine , confidence interval , endocrinology , environmental health
Background Data on the prognostic impact of diabetes and diabetic complications in intensive care unit ( ICU ) patients are limited and inconsistent. We, therefore, examined mortality in ICU patients with type 2 diabetes with and without pre‐existing heart and kidney diseases compared with nondiabetic patients. Design We conducted this population‐based cohort study in N orthern D enmark during 2005–2011. We included all ICU patients aged 40 years or older from the 17 ICU s in the area and identified type 2 diabetes by either a filled prescription for an antidiabetic drug, a previous diagnosis of diabetes, or an elevated glycosylated haemoglobin level. Diabetic patients were disaggregated according to pre‐existing diagnoses of heart disease (myocardial infarction or heart failure) and kidney disease. We estimated 1‐year mortality by the K aplan– M eier method and hazard ratios of death ( HR s) during follow‐up using C ox regression, controlling for confounding factors and stratified by relevant subgroups. Results Among 45 018 ICU patients, 7219 (16·0%) had type 2 diabetes. Overall, 1‐year mortality was 36·0% in ICU patients with type 2 diabetes, rising to 54·6% in patients with pre‐existing heart and kidney diseases, compared with 29·1% in nondiabetic patients. Comparing diabetic with nondiabetic patients, the adjusted 0‐ to 30‐day HR was 1·20 (95% confidence interval ( CI ): 1·13–1·26) and 1·19 (95% CI : 1·10–1·28) during the 31‐ to 365‐day follow‐up period. Pre‐existing kidney disease further increased the impact of diabetes, while heart disease alone had no such effect. Conclusions ICU patients with type 2 diabetes had higher 1‐year mortality compared with nondiabetic ICU patients, particularly those with pre‐existing kidney disease.