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Excess Burden of Mental Illness and Hospitalization in Young-Onset Type 2 Diabetes

Thomas E. Finucane, MD

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Ke and colleagues (1) observed that groups of patients with young-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D) had higher hospitalization rates across the lifespan than patients with usual-onset diabetes (defined as onset at age ≥40 years). They note, “the [young-onset T2D] group had worse control of modifiable risk factors, such as hemoglobin A1c level, [low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level], and [body mass index].” They propose that this association shows “the importance of early intervention to reduce the adverse effects of … cardiometabolic risk factors.”
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Finucane TE. Excess Burden of Mental Illness and Hospitalization in Young-Onset Type 2 Diabetes. Ann Intern Med. 2019;171:78. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/L19-0242

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2019;171(1):78.

DOI: 10.7326/L19-0242

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