SURVIVAL ASPECTS IN PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS BETWEEN 1970 AND 1999 IN THE DIABETES CENTER TIMIŞOARA

Abstract

Background. Diabetes mellitus is a serious pathological state, which shortens the lifespan, with severe complications and increased mortality. Objective. To study the main aspects regarding the survival for a period of 30 years, in patients newly diagnosed with T2DM in the Diabetes Center Timişoara. Material and methods The study enrolled 4,913 subjects, 2,742 women (55.81%) and 2,171 men (44.19%), mean age at diagnosis of 58.2± 11.5 years, diagnosed with T2DM between 1970 and 1999. Results We observed a decreasing trend of the all cause death between the analyzed groups as well as within the same group, during the study periods. Conclusion Our data support the results of numerous longitudinal descriptive studies indicating a decrease of the secular mortality trend, but especially of mortality in the last decades in diabetic patients.