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Prevalence and co-prevalence of comorbidities in Belgian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a transversal, descriptive study.

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Hermans, Michel [UCL] Dath, Nicolas

(eng) OBJECTIVES: Most patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have at least one comorbid chronic disease. These comorbidities increase disease burden and costs and may impact the selection of glucose-lowering therapies. The aim of our study was to describe the prevalence and co-prevalence of comorbidities in patients with T2DM in Belgium. METHODS: This was a single centre, transversal, descriptive study performed at Saint-Luc University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. T2DM patients aged >18 years presenting to the outpatient diabetes clinic and regularly followed (≥1 year) between July 2011 and 2016 were included in the database. Information on descriptive characteristics was collected and several comorbidities were assessed. RESULTS: Overall, 778 patients were included. The median age was 68 years. The most frequently observed comorbidities were hypertension (85.5%), metabolic syndrome (MetS; 84.6%) and non-alcoholic hepatic steatosis (71.7%). 78.5% of the T2DM patients had ≥4 comorbidities. The highest co-prevalence of comorbidities was the combination of MetS and hypertension (75.8%), MetS and overweight (60.5%), and hypertension and overweight (56.6%). CONCLUSION: The observed prevalence and co-prevalence of comorbidities in T2DM Belgian patients was high, with 95.0% patients having at least two comorbid conditions.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Publication date 2018
Language Anglais
Journal information "Acta clinica Belgica" - Vol. 73, no. 1, p. 68-74 (2018)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Taylor & Francis ((United Kingdom) Abingdon)
issn 1784-3286
e-issn 2295-3337
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - (SLuc) Service d'endocrinologie et de nutrition
UCL - SSS/IREC/EDIN - Pôle d'endocrinologie, diabète et nutrition
Keywords Belgium ; Type 2 diabetes mellitus ; comorbidities ; prevalence
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Bibliographic reference Hermans, Michel ; Dath, Nicolas. Prevalence and co-prevalence of comorbidities in Belgian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a transversal, descriptive study.. In: Acta clinica Belgica, Vol. 73, no. 1, p. 68-74 (2018)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/201742