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Published in: Current Diabetes Reports 6/2013

01-12-2013 | Diabetes Epidemiology (SH Golden, Section Editor)

Epidemiology of Diabetes and Diabetes Complications in the Elderly: An Emerging Public Health Burden

Authors: Mark Corriere, Nira Rooparinesingh, Rita Rastogi Kalyani

Published in: Current Diabetes Reports | Issue 6/2013

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Abstract

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.
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Metadata
Title
Epidemiology of Diabetes and Diabetes Complications in the Elderly: An Emerging Public Health Burden
Authors
Mark Corriere
Nira Rooparinesingh
Rita Rastogi Kalyani
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Diabetes Reports / Issue 6/2013
Print ISSN: 1534-4827
Electronic ISSN: 1539-0829
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-013-0425-5

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