TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiology of diabetes and diabetes complications in the elderly
T2 - An emerging public health burden
AU - Corriere, Mark
AU - Rooparinesingh, Nira
AU - Kalyani, Rita Rastogi
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This work was supported by NIH/NIDDK (K23-DK093583 and T32 DK062707) and the Johns Hopkins Older Americans Independence Center (P30-AG021334).
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - Diabetes in the elderly is a growing public health burden. Persons with diabetes are living longer and are vulnerable to the traditional microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes but also at increased risk for geriatric syndromes. Peripheral vascular disease, heart disease, and stroke all have a high prevalence among older adults with diabetes. Traditional microvascular complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy also frequently occur. Unique to this older population is the effect of diabetes on functional status. Older adults with diabetes are also more likely to experience geriatric syndromes such as falls, dementia, depression, and incontinence. Further studies are needed to better characterize those elderly individuals who may be at the highest risk of adverse complications from diabetes.
AB - Diabetes in the elderly is a growing public health burden. Persons with diabetes are living longer and are vulnerable to the traditional microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes but also at increased risk for geriatric syndromes. Peripheral vascular disease, heart disease, and stroke all have a high prevalence among older adults with diabetes. Traditional microvascular complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy also frequently occur. Unique to this older population is the effect of diabetes on functional status. Older adults with diabetes are also more likely to experience geriatric syndromes such as falls, dementia, depression, and incontinence. Further studies are needed to better characterize those elderly individuals who may be at the highest risk of adverse complications from diabetes.
KW - Complications
KW - Diabetes
KW - Elderly
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Public health burden
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U2 - 10.1007/s11892-013-0425-5
DO - 10.1007/s11892-013-0425-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 24018732
AN - SCOPUS:84889097107
SN - 1534-4827
VL - 13
SP - 805
EP - 813
JO - Current diabetes reports
JF - Current diabetes reports
IS - 6
ER -