Decreasing Incidence of Severe Diabetic Microangiopathy in Type 1 Diabetes
- 1 April 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes Care
- Vol. 26 (4), 1258-1264
- https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.26.4.1258
Abstract
OBJECTIVE—Conflicting evidence of a decline in incidence of microvascular complications in type 1 diabetes during the last decades has been reported. To assess recent trends in the cumulative incidence of diabetic microangiopathy in type 1 diabetes, we analyzed data from long-term prospective observational studies lasting ≥20 years. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—A total of 600 Caucasian patients with onset of type 1 diabetes between 1965 and 1984 were followed until death or until the year 2000. Patients were divided into four groups based on the year of diabetes onset: group A, 1965–1969 (n = 113); group B, 1970–1974 (n = 130); group C, 1975–1979 (n = 113); and group D, 1979–1984 (n = 244). Group A, B, and C are prevalence cohorts identified in 1984; group D is an inception cohort. RESULTS—In patients followed for ≥20 years, the cumulative incidence (95% CI) of diabetic nephropathy after 20 years of diabetes (urinary albumin excretion >300 mg/24 h) was reduced in patients with more recent diabetes onset (groups A–D): 31.1% (22.5–39.7) vs. 28.4% (19.8–37.0) vs. 18.9% (10.9–26.9) vs. 13.7% (6.2–21.2) (P = 0.015). Similarly, the cumulative incidence of proliferative retinopathy was as follows: 31.2% (22.2–39.8) vs. 30.3% (22.2–38.4) vs. 19.3% (11.2–27.4) vs. 12.5% (5.2–19.8) (P < 0.01). In the latter groups, antihypertensive treatment was started earlier, blood pressure and HbA1c were lower, and fewer patients smoked. CONCLUSIONS—Our study demonstrates a decrease in the cumulative incidence of diabetic microangiopathy in type 1 diabetes over the past 35 years. Improved glycemic control, lower blood pressure (in part due to early aggressive antihypertensive treatment), and reduced prevalence of smoking rates were associated with the improved prognosis.Keywords
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