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Schipf S, Werner A, Tamayo T, Holle R, Schunk M, Maier W, Meisinger C, Thorand B, Berger K, Müller G, Moebus S, Bokhof B, Kluttig A, Greiser KH, Neuhauser H, Ellert U, Icks A, Rathmann W, Völzke H. Neue Ergebnisse zur Epidemiologie des Typ 2 Diabetes – Süd-Nord-Gradient in der Prävalenz des bekannten Typ 2 Diabetes in Deutschland (DIAB-CORE Verbund). DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1277263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Stahl A, Castillo K, Bächle C, Lange K, Meissner T, Graf C, Icks A, Holl RW, Giani G, Rosenbauer J. Gesundheitsbezogene und diabetesbezogene Lebensqualität von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit früher Manifestation des T1DM nach mindestens zehn Jahren Diabetesdauer. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1277441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Narres M, Albers B, Kruse J, Haastert B, Moebus S, Pechlivanis S, Bokhof B, Slomiany U, Erbel R, Jöckel KH, Nowotny B, Herder C, Giani G, Icks A. Diabetes and depression – several open questions. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1277271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Bächle C, Icks A. Kosten der Diabetesbetreuung bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1277268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Icks A, Scheer M, Genz J, Giani G, Glaeske G, Hoffmann F. Stroke in the diabetic and non-diabetic population in Germany: relative and attributable risks, 2005-2007. J Diabetes Complications 2011; 25:90-6. [PMID: 20619691 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2010.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2009] [Revised: 05/17/2010] [Accepted: 05/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Reduction of cardiovascular events has been declared to be a main objective in diabetes care. Little is known about incidences of stroke in the diabetic compared to the non-diabetic population and its trend. We evaluated nationwide incidence of stroke in the diabetic compared to the non-diabetic populations as well as relative and attributable stroke risks due to diabetes in Germany. METHODS Using data of a statutory health insurance (1.6 million members in Germany), we assessed all first strokes in 2005-2007. We estimated sex/age-specific and standardised incidence of strokes in the diabetic and non-diabetic populations and relative and attributable risks due to diabetes. RESULTS A total of 6160 subjects had a first stroke [66.6% male, mean age (S.D.)=67.0 (13.9) years]; 31.4% had diabetes. Incidence per 100,000 person years (standard: 2004 German population) in the diabetic and non-diabetic populations, respectively, is as follows: men: 476 [95% confidence interval (CI)=438-514] and 255 (95% CI=243-266); women: 342 (95% CI=305-378) and 173 (95% CI=163-182). Age-standardised relative risks are as follows: 1.9 (95% CI=1.7-2.0) in men and 2.0 (95% CI=1.8-2.2) in women. The following are attributable risks among exposed: 0.46 (95% CI=0.41-0.51) in men and 0.49 (95% CI=0.43-0.55) in women; population attributable risks are as follows: 0.14 (95% CI=0.11-0.16) in men and 0.14 (95% CI=0.11-0.17) in women. CONCLUSIONS In this nationwide study, we found the stroke risk in the diabetic population to be still significantly increased compared to the non-diabetic population. The risk increase seems to be as high as earlier observations in other countries, despite large efforts to improve diabetes care.
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- Andrea Icks
- Department of Public Health, Center for Health and Society, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Beyerlein A, von Kries R, Hummel M, Lack N, Schiessl B, Giani G, Icks A. Improvement in pregnancy-related outcomes in the offspring of diabetic mothers in Bavaria, Germany, during 1987-2007. Diabet Med 2010; 27:1379-84. [PMID: 21059090 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03109.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS Reducing the risk of adverse outcomes in diabetic pregnancies to the level of risk in non-diabetic pregnancies is a major goal in diabetes care. So far there have not been any data to show whether progress is being made towards this goal. METHODS We used population-based data on 2,292,053 deliveries between 1987 and 2007 in Bavaria, Germany, to assess temporal trends for stillbirths, early neonatal mortality, preterm delivery, macrosomia and malformations in consecutive 7 year intervals. We estimated prevalences and prevalence odds ratios for these outcomes. For stillbirth, as the most severe adverse outcome, we assessed the contributions of several predictors using multiple regression models. RESULTS With the exception of early neonatal deaths, the risks for all outcomes were significantly increased in the offspring of mothers with pregestational diabetes in all three time periods (e.g. odds ratio for stillbirths in diabetic compared with non-diabetic mothers in 2001-2007, 1.89; 95% confidence interval 1.24, 2.87). However, the prevalence of stillbirths, premature delivery and macrosomia decreased over time in diabetic mothers (e.g. 1.71% for stillbirths in 1987-1993 and 0.66% in 2001-2007), as did the respective odds ratios. Maternal smoking, hypertension and substandard utilization of antenatal care were significantly associated with stillbirths in diabetic women. CONCLUSIONS Although the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes is still increased in diabetic mothers, considerable improvement has been achieved. We hypothesize that this improvement is possibly due to improved diabetes care.
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- A Beyerlein
- Division of Epidemiology, Institute of Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Germany.
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Chernyak N, Kulzer B, Hermanns N, Schmitt A, Gahr A, Haak T, Kruse J, Ohmann C, Scheer M, Giani G, Icks A. Within-trial economic evaluation of diabetes-specific cognitive behaviour therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes and subthreshold depression. BMC Public Health 2010; 10:625. [PMID: 20959009 PMCID: PMC2987397 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2010] [Accepted: 10/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Despite the high prevalence of subthreshold depression in patients with type 2 diabetes, evidence on cost-effectiveness of different therapy options for these patients is currently lacking. Methods/Design Within-trial economic evaluation of the diabetes-specific cognitive behaviour therapy for subthreshold depression. Patients with diabetes and subthreshold depression are randomly assigned to either 2 weeks of diabetes-specific cognitive behaviour group therapy (n = 104) or to standard diabetes education programme only (n = 104). Patients are followed for 12 months. During this period data on total health sector costs, patient costs and societal productivity costs are collected in addition to clinical data. Health related quality of life (the SF-36 and the EQ-5D) is measured at baseline, immediately after the intervention, at 6 and at 12 months after the intervention. Quality adjusted life years (QALYs), and cumulative costs will be estimated for each arm of the trial. Cost-effectiveness of the diabetes-specific cognitive behaviour group therapy will be analysed from the perspective of the German statutory health insurance and from the societal perspective. To this end, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) in terms of cost per QALY gained will be calculated. Discussion Some methodological issues of the described economic evaluation are discussed. Trial registration The trial has been registered at the Clinical Trials Register (NCT01009138).
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- Nadja Chernyak
- Department of Public Health, Center of Health and Society, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Hoffmann F, Haastert B, Koch M, Giani G, Glaeske G, Icks A. The effect of diabetes on incidence and mortality in end-stage renal disease in Germany. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2010; 26:1634-40. [PMID: 20959344 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We aimed to examine the epidemiology and mortality risk of patients with incident end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in diabetic and non-diabetic individuals and to determine differences between sexes. METHODS We used the claims data of a statutory health insurance company. Patients aged 30 years and older who started dialysis or had pre-emptive kidney transplantation between 1 April 2006 and 7 October 2008 were included. We estimated incidence rates of ESRD according to diabetes status, sex and age as well as relative and attributable risks due to diabetes. Using Cox regression, we studied survival and estimated time-dependent hazard ratios (HR). RESULTS We included 623 patients with incident ESRD (n = 254 had diabetes); 477 (76.6%) were male, and the mean age was 66.5 years. Standardized to the German population, incidences of ESRD in patients with and without diabetes were 157.9 and 25.6 per 100,000 person-years respectively (6.2-fold increased risk). The impact of diabetes on mortality was time-dependent. Diabetics had an increased mortality risk after the first year. An interaction of diabetes with time (per additional year of follow-up) was found in the whole population (HR 2.01, 95% CI 1.21-3.33) and in females (HR 3.27, 95% CI 1.03-10.39); however, males did not reach statistical significance (HR 1.78, 95% CI 0.99-3.18). The fixed baseline effect of diabetes in these models was non-significant (HR ~ 0.7-0.8). CONCLUSIONS Diabetes is an important risk factor for ESRD. We provide further evidence that the impact of diabetes on survival after ESRD is time-dependent and that differences between sexes might exist.
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- Falk Hoffmann
- Division Health Economics, Health Policy and Outcomes Research, Centre for Social Policy Research, University of Bremen, Germany.
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AIMS We estimated the incidence of blindness in the diabetic and non-diabetic population in 2008 and compared it with results from 1990-1998 in a neighbouring region. METHODS All newly registered blindness allowance recipients in 2008 were drawn up in a German region (population 4.5 million). We estimated sex-specific, age-specific and standardized incidence rates of blindness in the diabetic and the non-diabetic population and relative and attributable risks as a result of diabetes. A comparison to the data from 1990-1998 was performed using log-linear Poisson regression. RESULTS Four-hundred and sixty-eight cases were drawn up (63% female). One-hundred and twenty-two (26.1%) had diabetes. Blindness incidence rates (per 100, 000 person-years) standardized to the 2008 German population were: men 9.1 (95% confidence interval 7.8-10.5), women 9.9 (8.8-11.1); diabetic population: men 21.8 (11.6-31.9), women 19.7 (9.2-30.1); non-diabetic population: men 8.0 (6.6-9.5), women 9.1 (7.9-10.3). Relative risk of blindness, diabetic vs. non-diabetic population: men 2.7 (1.6-4.5), women 2.2 (1.3-3.8). Attributable risk among exposed: 63% in men, 54% in women. Population attributable risk: 12% in men, 8% in women. Incidences of blindness were significantly lower than in all years of the period 1990-1998 in both the diabetic and the non-diabetic population. CONCLUSIONS We found the incidence of blindness to be approximately 2.5-fold higher in the diabetic compared with the non-diabetic population. Fifty-eight per cent of the risk to become blind in diabetic individuals and 9% of the risk to become blind in the entire population were attributable to diabetes. The decrease of the blindness incidence observed during the 1990s may have continued.
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- J Genz
- Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Leibniz-Center for Diabetes Research, Düsseldorf, Germany
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The methodical quality of health services research studies is often subject to criticism. Common standards in the field of health services research have been lacking so far. Hence, the German Network for Health Services Research [Deutsches Netzwerk Versorgungsforschung e. V. (DNVF e. V.)] decided to contribute to an improvement of this situation. The DNVF e. V. has already published part 1 of the Memorandum III"Methods for Health Services Research" for the 3 subject areas "Epidemiological Methods for Health Services Research", "Methods for Organisational Health Services Research" and "Methods for Quality of Life Research". The herewith published Part 2 of the Memorandum extends the spectrum by describing the methodological principles and minimum standards of "Methods of Health Economic Evaluations" and "Registries for Health Services Research". On 30 (th) August 2010, the member societies, mentioned as authors, approved this second part of the Memorandum III. 2 in-depth publications focussing on the 2 mentioned topics will be published in the next issues of this journal. This memorandum is intended for health services researchers who are planning, conducting and publishing studies as well as for reviewers who evaluate research proposals and publications on health services research studies. In accord with the expected advances in knowledge in health services research, it is planned to update the 2 parts of Memorandum III at appropriate intervals and to publish further parts from the huge spectrum of methods relevant to this field in the near future. Thus, the Memorandum has to be considered as work in progress.
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- IFOM-Institut für Forschung in der Operativen Medizin der Universität Witten/Herdecke, Fakultät für Medizin, Witten/Herdecke gGmbh, Ostmerheimer Straße 200, Köln.
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Icks A, Chernyak N, Bestehorn K, Brüggenjürgen B, Bruns J, Damm O, Dintsios CM, Dreinhöfer K, Gandjour A, Gerber A, Greiner W, Hermanek P, Hessel F, Heymann R, Huppertz E, Jacke C, Kächele H, Kilian R, Klingenberger D, Kolominsky-Rabas P, Krämer H, Krauth C, Lüngen M, Neumann T, Porzsolt F, Prenzler A, Pueschner F, Riedel R, Rüther A, Salize HJ, Scharnetzky E, Schwerd W, Selbmann HK, Siebert H, Stengel D, Stock S, Völler H, Wasem J, Schrappe M. [Methods of health economic evaluation for health services research]. Gesundheitswesen 2010; 72:917-33. [PMID: 20865653 DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1262859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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On August 30, 2010, the German Network for Health Services Research [Deutsches Netzwerk Versorgungsforschung e. V. (DNVF e. V.)] approved the Memorandum III "Methods for Health Services Research", supported by the member societies mentioned as authors and published in this Journal [Gesundheitswesen 2010; 72: 739-748]. The present paper focuses on methodological issues of economic evaluation of health care technologies. It complements the Memorandum III "Methods for Health Services Research", part 2. First, general methodological principles of the economic evaluations of health care technologies are outlined. In order to adequately reflect costs and outcomes of health care interventions in the routine health care, data from different sources are required (e. g., comparative efficacy or effectiveness studies, registers, administrative data, etc.). Therefore, various data sources, which might be used for economic evaluations, are presented, and their strengths and limitations are stated. Finally, the need for methodological advancement with regard to data collection and analysis and issues pertaining to communication and dissemination of results of health economic evaluations are discussed.
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- Deutsches Diabetes Zentrum an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Institut für Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Düsseldorf.
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Stahl A, Straßburger K, Bächle C, Icks A, Lange K, Meissner T, Graf C, Holl R, Giani G, Rosenbauer J. Gesundheitliche Situation von 11- bis 17-Jährigen mit früher Manifestation des Typ 1-Diabetes im Vergleich zu Gleichaltrigen aus der Studie zur Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland (KiGGS). Gesundheitswesen 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1266570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Icks A, Haastert B, Genz J, Giani G, Hoffmann F, Trapp R, Koch M. Incidence of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the diabetic compared with the non-diabetic population in a German region, 2002-08. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2010; 26:264-9. [PMID: 20624774 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This study was conducted to estimate incidences of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the diabetic and non-diabetic populations in Germany, as well as relative and attributable risks of RRT due to diabetes. METHODS Using the data of a regional dialysis centre (region population of 310 000), we assessed all incident RRT patients aged 30 years or older in 2002-08. We estimated sex- and age-specific and -standardized incidences of RRT in the diabetic and non-diabetic populations, which were estimated by applying diabetes prevalences from a population-based study, and relative and attributable risks due to diabetes. RESULTS Of all subjects with incident RRT (n = 544), 49.6% had diabetes. Fifty-eight percent were male, mean age (SD) was 70.3 years (11.4 years). Incidences per 100 000 person-years (standardized to the 2004 German population) in the diabetic and the non-diabetic populations were 213.7 [95% confidence interval (95% CI), 159.5-267.8] and 26.9 (95% CI, 22.5-31.3) in men and 130.2 (95% CI, 65.6-194.9) and 16.4 (95% CI, 13.5-19.3) in women, respectively. Standardized relative risks were 7.9 (5.9-10.8) in men and 8.0 (4.7-13.5) in women. There was a significant interaction between age and diabetes, with lower relative risks in higher ages. Attributable risks among diabetic individuals were 0.87 in men and women, and population-attributable risks were 0.41 and 0.35 in men and women, respectively. CONCLUSIONS In this population-based study in a German region, we found the relative risk of RRT in the estimated adult diabetic population to be 8-fold increased compared with the non-diabetic population. A high proportion of the RRT risk can be attributed to diabetes in the diabetic as well as in the whole population.
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- Andrea Icks
- Department of Public Health, Center of Health and Society, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Schipf S, Werner A, Holle R, Schunk M, Meisinger C, Thorand B, Berger K, Moebus S, Bokhof B, Mielck A, Kluttig A, Greiser KH, Neuhauser H, Ellert U, Icks A, Tamayo T, Rathmann W, Völzke H. Regionale Unterschiede in der Prävalenz des Typ 2-Diabetes mellitus: Ergebnisse aus sechs populationsbasierten Studien in Deutschland (DIAB-CORE). DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1253804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Bächle C, Haastert B, Holl RW, Beyer P, Grabert M, Giani G, Icks A. Inpatient and outpatient health care utilization of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes before and after introduction of DRGs. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2010; 118:644-8. [PMID: 20361394 DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the frequency and length of hospital stays as well as the frequency of diabetes-associated outpatient visits of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes before and after the introduction of DRGs (diagnosis-related groups) in German hospitals. METHODS For this prospective cohort study, data from 2000 (before introduction of DRGs) to 2008 (after introduction) was extracted from the German diabetes documentation software DPV. Incidence rates of hospitalizations, length of hospital stays as well as the incidence rates of outpatient visits of 21,502 children and adolescents were estimated. The associations between the target parameters and DRG introduction, age, sex, diabetes duration, calendar year and migration background were estimated using generalized linear mixed models. RESULTS Incidence of hospitalization was 0.45 (95% CI 0.44-0.45) per person-year (PY), mean number of hospital days 2.77/PY (95% CI: 2.76-2.79). Children had 5.3 (95% CI: 5.3-5.3) outpatient visits per PY on average. The number of hospital stays, inpatient days, and outpatient visits decreased significantly between 2000 and 2008. Time of introduction of DRGs was related to a significant rise in the number of hospital stays and outpatient visits (p<0.05). There was no significant relation to the number of hospital days. Compared with children younger than eleven years of age, 11- to 14-year-old children had significantly more, adolescents older than 14 years significantly less hospital stays (RR 1.2, 95% CI: 1.14-1.23 and 0.92, 95%, CI: 0.87-0.97, respectively). Migration background was significantly associated with worse results for all analyzed target variables (RR 1.21 for hospital stays, 1.26 for hospital days, 1.07 number of outpatient visits). CONCLUSIONS The introduction of DRGs in the care of patients with pediatric diabetes mellitus resulted in a leveling of the reduction of the number of outpatient visits and hospital stays. Especially adolescents at the age of puberty and patients from families with migration background seem to require particular attention in health care.
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- C Bächle
- Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Stahl A, Bächle C, Icks A, Lange K, Meissner T, Graf C, Holl RW, Giani G, Rosenbauer J. Verlauf des Diabetes mellitus Typ 1 bei früher Manifestation – erste Ergebnisse eines pädiatrischen Verbundprojekts im BMBF-Kompetenznetz Diabetes. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1253801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Mann E, Meyer G, Haastert B, Icks A. Comparison of hip fracture incidence and trends between Germany and Austria 1995-2004: an epidemiological study. BMC Public Health 2010; 10:46. [PMID: 20113471 PMCID: PMC2831031 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2009] [Accepted: 01/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Several studies evaluated variations in hip fracture incidences, as well as trends of the hip fracture incidences. Comparisons of trends are lacking so far. We compared the incidence rates and, in particular, its trends between Austria and Germany 1995 to 2004 analysing national hospital discharge diagnosis register data. METHODS Annual frequencies of hip fractures and corresponding incidences per 100,000 person years were estimated, overall and stratified for sex and age, assuming Poisson distribution. Multiple Poisson regression models including country and calendar year, age and sex were used to analyse differences in incidence and trend. The difference of annual changes between the two countries was explored using an interaction term (calender year * country). RESULTS Overall, the increase of hip fracture risk was 1.31 fold higher (95% CI 1.29-1.34) in Austria compared to Germany, adjusted for age, sex, and calendar year. The risk increase was comparable for both sexes (males: RR 1.35 (1.32-1.37), females: RR 1.31 (1.29-1.33)). Hip fracture trend from 1995 to 2004 indicates an increase in both countries without a statistically significant difference between Austria and Germany (interaction term: p = 0.67). CONCLUSION In this study comparing hip fracture incidences and its trend using pooled data, the incidence in Austria was 30% higher compared to its neighbouring country Germany. For both countries a similar increasing trend of hip fracture incidence over the 10-year study period was calculated. The results need confirmation by other studies.
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- General Practice and Institute for Health Services Research, Rankweil, Austria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Nursing Science, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany
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- Faculty of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and International Public Health, School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany; and North-Rhine Westfalian Chamber of Physicians, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Genz J, Haastert B, Meyer G, Steckelberg A, Müller H, Verheyen F, Cole D, Rathmann W, Nowotny B, Roden M, Giani G, Mielck A, Ohmann C, Icks A. Blood glucose testing and primary prevention of diabetes mellitus type 2--evaluation of the effect of evidence based patient information. BMC Public Health 2010; 10:15. [PMID: 20074337 PMCID: PMC2819991 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2009] [Accepted: 01/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Evidence-based patient information (EBPI) has been recognised as important tool for informed choice in particular in the matter of preventive options. An objective, on the best scientific evidence-based consumer information about subthreshold elevated blood glucose levels (impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance) and primary prevention of diabetes, is not available yet. Thus we developed a web-based EBPI and aim to evaluate its effects on informed decision making in people 50 years or older. Methods/Design We conduct a web-based randomised-controlled trial to evaluate the effect of information about elevated blood glucose levels and diabetes primary prevention on five specific outcomes: (i) knowledge of elevated blood glucose level-related issues (primary outcome); (ii) attitudes to a metabolic testing; (iii) intention to undergo a metabolic testing; (iv) decision conflict; (v) satisfaction with the information. The intervention group receives a specially developed EBPI about subthreshold elevated blood glucose levels and diabetes primary prevention, the control group information about this topic, available in the internet. The study population consists of people between 50 and 69 years of age without known diabetes. Participants will be recruited via the internet page of the cooperating health insurance company, Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), and the internet page of the German Diabetes Centre. Outcomes will be measured through online questionnaires. We expect better informed participants in the intervention group. Discussion The design of this study may be a prototype for other web-based prevention information and their evaluation. Trial registration Current Controlled Trial: ISRCTN22060616.
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- Jutta Genz
- German Diabetes-Centre, Leibniz Institute at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, Auf'm Hennekamp 65, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Icks A, Haastert B, Gandjour A, Chernyak N, Rathmann W, Giani G, Rump LC, Trapp R, Koch M. Costs of dialysis--a regional population-based analysis. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2009; 25:1647-52. [PMID: 20008830 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Population-based estimates of costs of renal replacement therapy are scarce in the literature. The aim of our study was to calculate the costs of long-term dialysis in 2006 on the basis of patient-specific data from a well-defined population in a region in western Germany (n = 310,757). METHODS Cost estimation was performed from the perspective of the statutory health insurance. All dialysis patients from the study region (n = 344, 54% male, mean age (+/-SD) 69 +/- 13 years, 42% diabetic) were assessed for the costs of the dialysis procedures, dialysis-related hospital admissions, outpatient contacts outside of our dialysis center, dialysis-related medication, patient transportation and related costs (e.g. reimbursement fees on the basis of the German diagnosis-related group system, price scales). We estimated the cumulative cost per patient year in 2006 (in Euros), along with the 10th and 90th percentiles and the 95% confidence intervals (CI) by using bootstrapping procedures. RESULTS The mean total dialysis-related cost in 2006 was 54,777 Euros (95% CI, 51,445-65,705) per patient year. The largest part of the costs (55%) was caused by the dialysis procedures, followed by the costs of medication (22%), hospitalization (14%) and transportation (8%). The total cost increased significantly with increasing age. No significant association was found between total cost and sex, dialysis strategy, end-stage renal disease duration and diabetes. CONCLUSIONS We present for the first time a cost estimation of dialysis in Germany on the basis of patient-level data in a population-based sample. Except age, patient characteristics were not significantly associated with costs. The largest part of the costs was caused by the dialysis procedures themselves; however, other dialysis-specific health care utilization also strongly contributed to the total cost.
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- Andrea Icks
- German Diabetes Center, Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, Dusseldorf, Germany.
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Icks A, Dickhaus T, Hörmann A, Heier M, Giani G, Kuch B, Meisinger C. Differences in trends in estimated incidence of myocardial infarction in non-diabetic and diabetic people: Monitoring Trends and Determinants on Cardiovascular Diseases (MONICA)/Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg (KORA) registry. Diabetologia 2009; 52:1836-41. [PMID: 19603150 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-009-1434-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2009] [Accepted: 06/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS One major objective of the St Vincent Declaration was to reduce the excess risk of myocardial infarction in patients with diabetes mellitus. We estimated the trend of the incidence and relative risk of myocardial infarction in the diabetic and non-diabetic populations in southern Germany from 1985 to 2006. METHODS Using data from the Monitoring Trends and Determinants on Cardiovascular Diseases (MONICA)/Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg (KORA) Project in southern Germany, we ascertained all fatal and non-fatal first myocardial infarctions between 1985 and 2006 (n = 14,891, age 25-74 years). We estimated the diabetic and the non-diabetic populations using data on diabetes prevalence from surveys, and evaluated incidence of myocardial infarction in the two estimated populations. To test for time trends, we fitted Poisson regression models. RESULTS Of individuals with first myocardial infarction, 71% were male and 28% known to have diabetes. In the non-diabetic population, myocardial infarction incidence decreased by about 1.5% to 2.0% per year. A comparable decrease was seen in the population of diabetic women. However, in the population of diabetic men, incidence of myocardial infarction increased by about 1% per year. Over the whole study period, myocardial infarction incidence decreased by 34% and 27% in non-diabetic men and women respectively (RR 0.66, 95% CI 0.59-0.74 and 0.73, 0.62-0.87 respectively). In diabetic women, it decreased by 27% (RR 0.73, 0.61-0.88), whereas in diabetic men, it increased by 25% (RR 1.25, 1.07-1.45). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Our results suggest that the St Vincent goal of reducing excess cardiovascular morbidity in diabetic individuals has not been achieved and that the situation in men has actually got worse.
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- German Diabetes Center, Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Leibniz-Centre for Diabetes Research, Auf'm Hennekamp 65, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Chernyak N, Petrak F, Plack K, Hautzinger M, Müller MJ, Giani G, Icks A. Cost-effectiveness analysis of cognitive behaviour therapy for treatment of minor or mild-major depression in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes: study protocol for the economic evaluation alongside the MIND-DIA randomized controlled trial (MIND-DIA CEA). BMC Geriatr 2009; 9:25. [PMID: 19570236 PMCID: PMC2709652 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2009] [Accepted: 07/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Depression and elevated depression symptoms are more prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes than in those without diabetes and are associated with adverse health outcomes and increased total healthcare utilization. This suggests that more effective depression treatment might not only improve health outcome, but also reduce costs. However, there is a lack of evidence on (cost-) effectiveness of treatment options for minor and mild-major depression in patients with type 2 diabetes. In this paper we describe the design and methods of the economic evaluation, which will be conducted alongside the MIND-DIA trial (Cognitive behaviour therapy in elderly type 2 diabetes patients with minor or mild-major depression). The objective of the economic evaluation (MIND-DIA CEA) is to examine incremental cost-effectiveness of a diabetes specific cognitive behaviour group therapy (CBT) as compared to intensified treatment as usual (TAU) and to a guided self-help group intervention (SH). METHODS/DESIGN Patients will be followed for 15 months. During this period data on health sector costs, patient costs and societal productivity/time costs will be collected in addition to clinical data. Person-years free of moderate/severe major depression, quality adjusted life years (QALYs), and cumulative costs will be estimated for each arm of the trial (CBT, TAU and SH). To determine cost-effectiveness of the CBT, differences in costs and effects between the CBT group and TAU/SH group will be calculated. DISCUSSION CBT is a potentially effective treatment option to improve quality of life and to avoid the onset of a moderate/severe major depression in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes and minor or mild-major depression. This hypothesis will be evaluated in the MIND-DIA trial. Based on these results the associated economic evaluation will provide additional evidence on the cost-effectiveness of CBT in this target population. Methodological strengths and weaknesses of the planned economic evaluation are discussed. TRIAL REGISTRATION The MIND-DIA study has been registered at the Current Controlled Trials Register (ISRCTN58007098).
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- Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Research Centre, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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AIMS The few studies examining the secular trend in diabetes prevalence in Germany have yielded conflicting results. Therefore, using nationally representative samples of adults, we investigated whether the prevalence of known diabetes has changed over 15 years. METHODS Study participants were 25- to 69-year-old residents participating in nationally representative health surveys performed in the following time periods: 1990-1992, 1997-1999, 2002-2003, 2003-2004 and 2004-2005. Prevalences of diabetes, standardized to the population structure of 2004, and trends over time were assessed for the total study population as well as by gender and other diabetes-associated factors. RESULTS Between 1990-1992 and 2002-2005, no statistically significant trend in the total (5.16 and 5.34%, P trend = 0.68) or sex-specific diabetes prevalence (men: 5.43 and 5.73, P trend = 0.62; women: 4.88 and 4.95%, P trend = 0.94) was observed. For each time period, prevalence rose substantially with increasing age, increasing body mass index, lower sporting activity and lower education. CONCLUSIONS Our findings reflect no temporal increase in the total prevalence of known diabetes in German adult men and women. However, prevalence estimates were relatively high when compared with other European studies and call for continued efforts for the prevention and management of diabetes.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, General-Pape-Str. 64, Berlin 12101, Germany.
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Icks A, Haastert B, Wildner M, Becker C, Rapp K, Dragano N, Meyer G, Rosenbauer J. Hip fractures and area level socioeconomic conditions: a population-based study. BMC Public Health 2009; 9:114. [PMID: 19397798 PMCID: PMC2685377 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2008] [Accepted: 04/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Only a limited number of studies have analyzed the association between hip fracture incidence and socioeconomic conditions. Most, but not all found an association, and results are in part conflicting. The aim of our study was to evaluate the association between hip fractures and socioeconomic conditions in Germany, from 1995 to 2004, on a census tract area level. METHODS We used data from the national hospital discharge diagnosis register and data on socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of 131 census tracts from official statistics. Associations between the hip fracture incidence and socioeconomic conditions were analyzed by multiple Poisson regression models, taking overdispersion into account. RESULTS The risk of hip fracture decreased by 4% with a 7% increase (about one interquartile range) of non-German nationals. It decreased by 10% with a 6% increased rate of unemployment, increased by 7% with a 2% increase of the proportion of welfare recipients, and also increased by 3% with an increase of the proportion of single parent families of 1.9%. CONCLUSION Our results showed weak associations between indicators of socioeconomic conditions at area level and hip fracture risk; the varied by type of indicator. We conclude that hip fracture incidence might be influenced by the socioeconomic context of a region, but further analysis using more specific markers for deprivation on a smaller scale and individual-level data are needed.
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- Andrea Icks
- Faculty of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Germany
- North-Rhine Westphalian Chamber of Physicians, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Gerontology, Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Gerontology, Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Sociology, Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Nursing Science, University Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany
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- Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Mann E, Icks A, Haastert B, Meyer G. Hip fracture incidence in the elderly in Austria: an epidemiological study covering the years 1994 to 2006. BMC Geriatr 2008; 8:35. [PMID: 19105814 PMCID: PMC2629766 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2008] [Accepted: 12/23/2008] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background Hip fractures in the elderly are a major public health burden. Data concerning secular trends of hip fracture incidence show divergent results for age, sex and regions. In Austria, the hip fracture incidence in the elderly population and trends have not been analysed yet. Methods Hip fractures in the population of 50 years and above were identified from 1994 to 2006 using the national hospital discharge register. Crude incidences (IR) per 100,000 person years and standardised incidences related to the European population 2006 were analysed. Estimate of age-sex-adjusted changes was determined using Poisson regression (incidence rate ratios, IRRs). Results The number of hospital admissions due to hip fracture increased from a total number of 11,694 in 1994 to 15,987 in 2006. Crude incidences rates (IR) per 100.000 for men increased from 244.3 (95% confidence interval (CI) 234.8 to 253.7) in 1994 to IR 330.8 (95% CI 320.8 to 340.9) in 2006 and for women from 637.3 (95% CI 624.2 to 650.4) in 1994 to IR 758.7 (95% CI 745.0 to 772.4) in 2006. After adjustment for age and sex the annual hip fracture incidence increase was only small but statistically significant (IRR per year 1.01, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.01, p < 0.01). Change of IRR over the 12 years study period was 13%. It was significantly higher for men (IRR over 12 years 1.21, 95% CI 1.16 to 1.27) than for women (IRR over 12 years 1.10, 95% CI 1.06 to 1.14) (interaction: p = 0.03). Conclusion In contrast to findings in other countries there is no levelling-off or downward trend of hip fracture incidence from 1994 to 2006 in the Austrian elderly population. Further investigations should aim to evaluate the underlying causes in order to plan effective hip fracture reduction programmes.
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- Eva Mann
- General practice and Institute for Health Services Research, Rankweil, Austria.
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Icks A, Kruse J, Dragano N, Broecker-Preuss M, Slomiany U, Mann K, Jöckel KH, Erbel R, Giani G, Moebus S. Are symptoms of depression more common in diabetes? Results from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall study. Diabet Med 2008; 25:1330-6. [PMID: 19046224 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02585.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS To estimate the association between depressive symptoms and Type 2 diabetes, as well as previously undetected diabetes, in a large population-based sample in Germany and to determine associated variables. METHODS We used baseline data on 4595 participants (age 45-75 years, 50.2% women) from the German Heinz Nixdorf Recall study, a population-based, prospective cohort study which started in 2000. Diabetes mellitus was assessed by self report (physician diagnosis or medication), undiagnosed diabetes based on blood glucose levels. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale short form (cut-off >or= 15 points). We fitted multiple logistic regression models. RESULTS The prevalence of diagnosed and previously undetected diabetes was 9.3% (95% confidence interval 8.2-11.6) and 7.6% (6.6-8.8) in men and 6.0% (5.1-7.1) and 3.2% (2.5-4.0) in women, respectively. Compared with non-diabetic women, the prevalence of depressive symptoms was not significantly different in diabetic women (age-adjusted odds ratio, 95% confidence interval 1.48; 0.98-2.24) and women with undiagnosed diabetes (0.67; 0.33-1.36). In men, the prevalence of depressive symptoms tended to be lower in diabetic than in non-diabetic subjects (0.62; 0.35-1.09), but the depressive symptoms were significantly less frequent in men with undiagnosed diabetes (0.30; 0.13-0.70). The pattern remained after further adjustment. Significant associations with depressive symptoms were found for co-morbidities and living without a partner in both women and in men, and for body mass index and activity level in women only. CONCLUSIONS After adjustment for relevant covariates, the association between depressive symptoms and Type 2 diabetes was heterogenous in our population-based study. In subjects with undiagnosed diabetes, however, depressive symptoms were less frequent in men. Co-morbidities and psychosocial conditions are strongly associated with depressive symptoms.
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- Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Research Centre, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Icks A, Haastert B, Wildner M, Becker C, Meyer G. Trend of hip fracture incidence in Germany 1995-2004: a population-based study. Osteoporos Int 2008; 19:1139-45. [PMID: 18087659 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-007-0534-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2007] [Accepted: 11/16/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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UNLABELLED We analyzed hip fracture incidence trends in Germany 1995-2004, using national hospital discharge register. Crude incidences per 100,000 increased from 121.2 (95% CI 120.5-121.9) in 1995 to 140.9 (140.2-141.7) in 2004. Age-sex-adjusted annual incidence ratios showed a statistically significant, but only slight increase (1.01, p<0.01), compared to higher rises in the past. Trends differed markedly with sex, age, and regions. INTRODUCTION Data concerning actual trends of the hip fracture incidence and differences for sex, age, and region are limited. We analyzed hip fracture incidence trends in Germany 1995-2004, using the national hospital discharge register. Crude incidences per 100,000 increased from 121.2 (95% CI 120.5-121.9) in 1995 to 140.9 (140.2-141.7) in 2004. Age-sex-adjusted annual incidence ratios showed a statistically significant, but only slight increase (1.01, p<0.01), compared to higher rises in the past. Trends differed markedly with sex, age, and regions. METHODS Analysis of annual hip fracture incidences using the national hospital discharge register. Estimate of age-sex-adjusted changes was found by using Poisson regression (incidence rate ratios, IRR). RESULTS The number of patients with at least one hospital admission for hip fracture increased (1995: n=99,141; 2004: n=116,281). Crude incidences per 100,000 were 121.2 (95% confidence interval 120.5-121,9) and 140.9 (140.2-141.7), respectively. The age-sex-adjusted hip fracture incidence increased statistically significantly, but only slightly (IRR per year: 1.01; 1.00-1.01; IRR 1995-2004: 1.05, p<0.01). In men aged 40 years or older, incidences increased. In women, there was a tendency of a decrease up to 74 years of age, but also a significant increase in higher age groups. In people 0-39 years, the incidence declined markedly (IRR 1995-2004, men 0.74; 0.69-0.79, women 0.62; 0.55-0.69, both p<0.01). The increase was significantly higher in Eastern compared to Western Germany (interaction: p=0.002), and differences between East and West decreased. CONCLUSIONS In contrast to earlier years, the hip fracture incidence in Germany 1995-2004 increased only slightly, with a decline in younger people, but increases in older ages, particularly in men. Regional differences decreased.
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- A Icks
- Faculty of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and International Public Health, School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
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Icks A, Haastert B, Wildner M, Becker C, Meyer G. Inzidenz von Hüftfrakturen in Deutschland - Auswertung der Krankenhausdiagnosestatistik 2004. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2008; 133:125-8. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1017485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Icks A, Haastert B, Rathmann W, Schröder-Bernhardi D, Giani G. Cost comparison analysis: pentaerythrithyl tetranitrate (PETN) and isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) prescribed to diabetic patients in primary care practices in Germany. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther 2007; 45:516-23. [PMID: 17907594 DOI: 10.5414/cpp45516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Both pentaerythrithyltetranitrate (Pentalong, PETN) and isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) are commonly used in the therapy of ischemic heart disease (IHD). However, little is known about the therapeutic patterns in diabetic patients and no comparative data are available regarding the prescription costs of these two substances. Thus, the aim of this investigation was to compare the costs for PETN and ISDN therapy in diabetic patients in primary care. MATERIAL AND METHODS All continuously treated patients aged > or = 40 years with diabetes (anti-diabetic agents) and IHD or angina pectoris (ICD codes) and newly started on PETN or ISDN therapy (index date) in the period 2000-2005 were selected from a database containing data from 400 practices throughout Germany (Disease Analyzer, IMS Health). Prescriptions costs for PETN and ISDN, as well as costs for cardiovascular comedication, were determined for the period 183 days before and after the index date, and that changes in costs after the index date were calculated. Differences in costs between the two groups were evaluated using multivariate regression, adjusting for age, sex and comorbidity. Patients in Eastern (n = 137, age 71 +/- 10 years, 55% male) and Western Germany (n = 212, age 73 +/- 9 years, 50% male) were analyzed separately since there is a longer history of PETN use in Eastern Germany. RESULTS Significantly more patients were treated with PETN in Eastern Germany (61 vs. 11%, p < 0.05). The patient groups treated with PETN and ISDN differed with respect to sex and comorbidity. PETN therapy was more expensive than ISDN therapy in both German regions (adjusted cost differences were 10 and 17 Euro). However, when comedication was taken into account, a smaller cost increase after the index date was observed in the PETN group than in the ISDN group (non-significant cost savings of 43 and 52 Euro after adjustment for Western and Eastern Germany, respectively). CONCLUSION PETN therapy tends to produce a saving in costs compared to ISDN therapy in diabetic patients when costs for comedication are taken into account and after adjustment for age and comorbidity. The prescription patterns in Eastern and Western Germany and the patient characteristics of those receiving PETN and ISDN differed, indicating differences in patients selection and prescribing by physicians in the two regions.
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- Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Icks A, Moebus S, Feuersenger A, Haastert B, Jöckel KH, Giani G. Diabetes prevalence and association with social status--widening of a social gradient? German national health surveys 1990-1992 and 1998. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2007; 78:293-7. [PMID: 17532522 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2007.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2007] [Accepted: 04/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Widening of social inequality in health is often discussed. Data regarding trends of the association between diabetes prevalence and social status are lacking. METHODS Using two German health surveys (age 25-69 years), we estimated diabetes prevalences in 1998 compared to 1990-1992. Interaction of secular time with educational level, adjusted for age and BMI, were estimated in men and women using multiple regression models, considering the sample design. RESULTS Diabetes prevalences in 1990-1992 and 1998 were 5.1% (95% CI 4.1-6.0) and 4.3% (3.5-5.1) in men, and 4.7% (4.0-5.4) and 3.8% (3.0-4.6) in women. It was significantly higher in older subjects and in obese subjects, and tended to be higher in lower educated subjects. Overall, prevalence tended to be lower in 1998 compared to 1990-1992, however, not statistically significant after adjustment for education and BMI (odds ratio, 95% CI: men 0.73; 0.39-1.37; women 0.41; 0.17-1.03). On a descriptive level, in the lowest education group, the diabetes prevalence was higher in 1998 compared to 1990-1992, whereas, it has decreased in higher educated subjects. However, confidence intervals were large, and we found no statistically significant interaction between calendar year and the educational level. CONCLUSIONS Diabetes prevalence tended to decrease in Germany during the 1990s. A widening of social disparity in diabetes risk might be present, but a significant increase could not be confirmed.
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- Andrea Icks
- Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Institute at Heinrich Heine University, Auf'm Hennekamp 65, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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OBJECTIVE Type 1 diabetes in childhood is increasing worldwide. Several therapy components and models of pediatric diabetes care have been introduced. Economic aspects are of increasing interest to decide appropriate strategies in clinical practice. However, knowledge in pediatric diabetes is limited. METHODS We conducted a literature research to identify and describe systematically recently published analyses on the economics of pediatric diabetes. RESULTS We substracted ten analyses. Four were cost of illness studies. The main result is that hospitalization, mainly due to metabolic control, education, and acute complications, seems to be a large cost component. Only one study took the perspective of society, including indirect costs. Four of the six studies which evaluated interventions in pediatric diabetes care focussed on ambulatory or home care strategies. Detailed evaluation of new technologies, pharmacotherapy, or screening for late complications is lacking. Except one, all studies performed cost comparison analyses. Evidence is limited, however, diabetes care models may be effective and, possibly, cost saving compared to routine care. CONCLUSIONS Health economic studies in pediatric diabetes are scarse and limited with respect to topics and quality. Hospitalization has a large impact on health care costs in diabetic children and adolescents. Models in pediatric diabetes care like home intervention may be cost effective compared to more traditional strategies of care. However, further studies are warranted which evaluate clinical and cost effectiveness in pediatric diabetes.
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- Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Institute at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Richter M, Lob G, Pühlhofer F, Siegrist J, Becker C, Dreinhöfer K, Ekkernkamp A, Feldmann M, Fieguth A, Haasper C, Gebhard F, Icks A, Kleinert J, Knobloch K, Lampl L, Liener U, Märzheuser S, Oestern HJ, Pistor G, von Renteln-Kruse W, Seifert J, Wildner M. [Injury prevention as the physician's challenge]. Unfallchirurg 2007; 110:734-44. [PMID: 17713749 DOI: 10.1007/s00113-007-1316-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In Germany, more than 9 million individuals yearly sustain injuries and more than 30,000 fatal injuries. Based on estimations, preventive measures could avoid more than one half of all accidents and could influence the other half of the accidents such that the injuries caused are minor. The aim of an initiative of the Study Group on Injury Prevention of the German Trauma Society (DGU) is a complete inventory of all prevention programs from different expert groups in Germany. A synopsis of the gathered knowledge should serve as a basis for further interdisciplinary preventive measures. The consistent interdisciplinary orientation of this program is a special characteristic including trauma surgery, orthopedics, pediatric surgery, pediatrics, sociology, legal medicine, psychology, sports medicine, geriatrics, anesthesiology, and others. Special attention was also directed to the age groups of children/adolescents and the elderly.
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- M Richter
- II. Chirurgische Klinik (Unfallchirurgie, Orthopädie und Fusschirurgie), Klinikum Coburg, Ketschendorfer Strasse 33, 96450, Coburg, Deutschland.
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Icks A, Moebus S, Feuersenger A, Haastert B, Jöckel KH, Mielck A, Giani G. Widening of a social gradient in obesity risk? German national health surveys 1990 and 1998. Eur J Epidemiol 2007; 22:685-90. [PMID: 17674126 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-007-9170-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2006] [Accepted: 07/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Whether differences in obesity prevalences across social status levels have widened remains controversial. METHODS We used German national health surveys (1990-1992 and 1998, n = 7,466 and 5,583, age 25-69 years) to estimate obesity prevalences and its associations with calendar year, age (25-39, 40-60, and 61-69), and educational level (low, middle, and high), as well as an interaction term (year x educational level) in men and women. We used multiple regression models, considering the sample design. RESULTS Obesity prevalence in 1990 and 1998 was 18.1 (95% CI 16.5-19.7) and 19.9 (18.2-21.6) in men and 20.9 (19.2-22.6) and 21.6 (19.3-23.7) in women, with statistically significantly higher prevalences in higher age and lower education. A statistically significant increase of obesity prevalence was present only in men after adjustment for age and education. The increase seems to be highest in high-educated subjects. However, interaction was not statistically significant, except in middle compared to high-educated men (OR 0.67; 0.47-0.96). CONCLUSIONS Obesity prevalence increased only moderately in Germany between 1990-1992 and 1998. There was a tendency of reduction of the social gradient in obesity instead of a widening.
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- Andrea Icks
- Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Institute at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Auf'm Hennekamp 65, 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany.
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Rathmann W, Haastert B, Icks A, Giani G, Roseman JM. Ten-year change in serum uric acid and its relation to changes in other metabolic risk factors in young black and white adults: the CARDIA study. Eur J Epidemiol 2007; 22:439-45. [PMID: 17484024 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-007-9132-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2006] [Accepted: 03/27/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Elevated serum uric acid is commonly seen in association with obesity, glucose intolerance, hypertension and dyslipidemia. There is currently no satisfactory explanation for the relation of uric acid and the metabolic syndrome (MetSyn). This study aimed to evaluate the relations of change in serum uric acid with changes in components of the MetSyn in young adults. We studied 1,249 male and 1,362 female black and white subjects aged 17-35 years (baseline) from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study, which attended a 10-year follow-up. Metabolic factors assessed at both time periods included BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure, fasting glucose, insulin, and lipids. Confounders examined (baseline and change variables) were serum creatinine, alcohol, smoking, physical activity, and oral contraceptives. Mean uric acid increased the most in black males (+0.5 mg/dl), followed by white males (+0.3 mg/dl) and black females (+0.2 mg/dl) (all P < 0.01), with the least change among white females (+0.1 mg/dl) (ns). Although change in all of the metabolic factors was associated with change in uric acid in the anticipated directions, in multivariable analyses only BMI and triglycerides had a significant independent association with uric acid in all race-sex-groups. Among confounders, only change in serum creatinine showed a strong independent association with uric acid. In conclusion, besides weight gain and renal excretion, increasing uric acid concentrations in young adults are strongly related to corresponding changes in triglycerides. The correlation of uric acid and triglycerides was found within the normal range and could not be explained by obesity.
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- Wolfgang Rathmann
- Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Heinrich Heine University, Auf'm Hennekamp 65, 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany.
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Icks A, Rathmann W, Haastert B, Gandjour A, Holle R, John J, Giani G. Clinical and cost-effectiveness of primary prevention of Type 2 diabetes in a 'real world' routine healthcare setting: model based on the KORA Survey 2000. Diabet Med 2007; 24:473-80. [PMID: 17381502 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02108.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS To analyse the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the primary prevention of Type 2 diabetes in a 'real world' routine healthcare setting using population-based data (KORA Survey in Augsburg, Germany, total population approximately 600,000). METHODS Decision analytic model, time horizon 3 years. INTERVENTIONS Staff education, targeted screening and lifestyle modification or metformin in people aged 60-74 years with a body mass index of > or = 24 kg/m(2) and prediabetic status (fasting glucose 5.3-6.9 mmol/l and 2-h post load glucose 7.8-11.0 mmol/l) (target population approximately 72,500), according to the Diabetes Prevention Program trial. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Cases of Type 2 diabetes prevented, cost (Euro), incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs). RESULTS Under model assumptions, 14 908 people in the target population would develop diabetes if there was no intervention, 184 cases would be avoided with lifestyle intervention and 42 cases with metformin intervention. From the perspective of statutory health insurance and society, costs for lifestyle modification were 856,507 euro (574,241 pounds) and 4,961,340 euro (3,326,307 pounds), respectively, and for metformin 797,539 euro (534,706 pounds) and 1,335,204 euro(895,181 pounds). Up to 5% of the costs were due to staff education and up to 36% to screening. Lifestyle was more cost effective than metformin. ICERs for lifestyle vs. 'no intervention' were 4664 euro (3127 pounds) and 27,015 euro (18,112 pounds) per case prevented from the statutory health insurance and societal perspective. CONCLUSIONS Total cost and cost per case of diabetes avoided was high. Staff education and screening had a considerable impact. In view of the low participation in a routine healthcare setting, with both strategies only a small number of cases of diabetes would be prevented. Before implementing the programme, efforts should be made to improve patient participation in order to achieve better clinical and cost-effectiveness of the prevention of Type 2 diabetes in 'real world' clinical practice.
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- A Icks
- Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Centre, Leibniz Institute at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Icks A, Rosenbauer J, Strassburger K, Grabert M, Giani G, Holl RW. Persistent social disparities in the risk of hospital admission of paediatric diabetic patients in Germany-prospective data from 1277 diabetic children and adolescents. Diabet Med 2007; 24:440-2. [PMID: 17367308 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02105.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Reduction of social inequality in health care is a major target in many countries. The risk of hospital admission is thought to be higher in diabetic children from socially deprived families but actual data are lacking. METHODS Based on a nationwide prospective computer-based documentation program (DPV), we determined the association between three social parameters (parental professional education, one-parent family vs. complete family, migration background) and the risk for post-onset hospital admission, as well as the number of hospital admission days in children and adolescents < 20 years of age with diabetes onset in 2002-2005 [n = 1277, 56% male, mean age at onset 8.5 (4.1) years]. We estimated relative risks with 95% confidence intervals, adjusting for age, sex, and diabetes centre (cluster), using random effect models. RESULTS Forty-two per cent of the study subjects were admitted to hospital at least once during follow-up. The incidence of hospital admissions was 0.46 (0.43-0.49) per person year, and there were 2.72 (2.65-2.80) hospital days per person year. Hospital admissions and hospital days were higher in girls than in boys (significant for hospital days, P < 0.05), and significantly lower in adolescents aged 15-19 compared with children aged 0-4 years (P < 0.05 in all models). Hospital admission rates were significantly higher in children from lower-educated parents, single-parent families, and families with a migration background (all P < 0.05). DISCUSSION We found post-onset hospital admission rates to be higher in diabetic children and adolescents from socially deprived families. In comparison with an analysis in the 1990s, no decrease in social disparity in hospital admission risk was found.
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- A Icks
- Institute for Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany.
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OBJECTIVE New antidiabetic medications have been introduced during the last decade, but their impact on health care cost is largely unknown. Prescription costs in diabetic patients in primary care in Germany were evaluated (1994-2004). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 46,017 diabetic patients and 46,017 age- and sex-matched control subjects in 400 nationwide practices (2004) were compared with 29,956 diabetic patients and 13,226 control subjects (361 practices) in 1994 (data from IMS HEALTH). Inflation-adjusted age- and sex-standardized costs (ex-manufacturer prices) were calculated. RESULTS Mean annual total prescription costs per diabetic patient were 559 euros in 2004 (372 euros in 1994), equaling a 60% (standardized) increase (P < 0.01). Average costs for antidiabetic medication were 172 euros in 2004, a 100% increase (P < 0.01). The major antidiabetic cost factor was insulin and analogs, which accounted for 22% of total drug costs in diabetic patients in 2004 (17% in 1994). All oral antidiabetic drugs together accounted for 8% of total costs (6% in 1994). New drugs (glitazones, glinides, and insulins) accounted for 15% of total costs (40% of antidiabetic drugs) in 2004. A 40% increase (387 euros vs. 286) in all non-diabetes-related drugs was due mainly to cardiovascular and lipid-lowering drugs. In nondiabetic patients, only a 30% cost increase was found (210 euros vs. 147; P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Prescription drug costs among diabetic patients increased 60% during the last decade, which was twofold higher than the increase in nondiabetic patients. New types of antidiabetic drugs accounted for a substantial cost share of the overproportional increase for diabetes treatment. Progress in pharmacological therapy is a key driver of drug expenditure growth in diabetes treatment.
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- Wolfgang Rathmann
- Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Institute at the Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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du Prel JB, Icks A, Grabert M, Holl RW, Giani G, Rosenbauer J. Socioeconomic conditions and type 1 diabetes in childhood in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Diabetologia 2007; 50:720-8. [PMID: 17294165 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-007-0592-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2006] [Accepted: 11/23/2006] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS The aim of the study was to investigate the relationships between childhood type 1 diabetes and socioeconomic conditions, which might provide clues to the aetiology of the disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS In an ecological study, we investigated the relationships between socioeconomic conditions and the incidence of type 1 diabetes incidence among children aged 0-14 years in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany, between 1996 and 2000 at the level of the 33 districts. Incidence data were obtained from the population-based NRW diabetes register and regional socioeconomic data from official statistics. Associations were assessed by Poisson regression models and Bayesian conditionally autoregressive regression models (CAR). RESULTS In simple Poisson regression, population density, proportion of non-German nationals in the population, measures of income, education and professional training, and deprivation scores were significantly associated with diabetes risk (p < 0.01). An increase of about one interquartile range (IQR) in population density, proportion of non-German nationals or household income was associated with a 9-12% decrease in diabetes incidence. A rise of about one IQR in income ratio, measures of education and professional training, or in deprivation score (high values correspond to high deprivation) was associated with an 8-12% incidence increase. There was a significantly 'linear' increasing incidence trend across five deprivation classes (relative risk: 1.06; 95% CI: 1.03-1.09). All associations were confirmed when overdispersion and spatial autocorrelation were accounted for in Poisson and CAR models. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATIONS The results raise the possibility that the risk for type 1 diabetes is higher for children living in socially deprived and less densely populated areas. Subsequent investigations are necessary to verify the observed ecological relations at the individual level and to identify the causal factors behind the socioeconomic indicators.
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- J-B du Prel
- German Diabetes Centre at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, Auf'm Hennekamp 65, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Icks A, Haastert B, Giani G, Rathmann W. Incremental prescription and drug costs during the years preceding diabetes diagnosis in primary care practices in Germany. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2006; 114:348-55. [PMID: 16915536 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION To evaluate incremental drug prescription costs before diabetes diagnosis in primary care patients in Germany. MATERIAL AND METHODS Based on 400 primary care practices throughout Germany (Disease Analyzer, IMS Health, Frankfurt, Germany), we selected only patients receiving continuous treatment (age >or= 40 years) and ascertained drug prescriptions and costs up to 6 years before diabetes was diagnosed. For control, we selected age- and sex-matched nondiabetics (n = 6,294 pairs, age 65.5 +/- 10.5 years, 44 % male). We evaluated incremental prescriptions and costs by calculating differences and ratios between patients with and without a diabetes diagnosis. We also evaluated predictors of cost differences using multivariate regression models. The data used for the evaluation was taken from the period 1993 to 2002. RESULTS The mean number of prescriptions in the year preceding diagnosis in men and women increased 15 % and 19 %, respectively (p < 0.001). Prescription costs were 21 % (men) and 28 % (women) higher in subjects who were destined to receive a diabetes diagnosis (269 and 264 Euros per person) compared to controls (p < 0.001). Incremental prescriptions and costs were already present six years preceding diagnosis. Cardiovascular drugs had the largest impact, accounting for about two-thirds of incremental prescriptions and costs. Women had higher numbers of prescriptions and costs, however, differences and ratios were comparable to men. Incremental costs were higher in patients with private compared to statutory health insurance, and in Western compared to Eastern Germany. DISCUSSION Numbers of prescriptions and costs in primary care patients with future diabetes diagnosis in Germany were already increased six years before clinical detection, reflecting increased cardiovascular risk even before clinical diabetes diagnosis.
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- A Icks
- Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Institute at the Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Icks A, Haastert B, Rathmann W, Rosenbauer J, Giani G. Trends in hospitalization and sociodemographic factors in diabetic and nondiabetic populations in Germany: national health survey, 1990-1992 and 1998. Am J Public Health 2006; 96:1656-61. [PMID: 16873754 PMCID: PMC1551938 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2005.063339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We examined time trends of hospitalization, a main outcome measure in health care, in the diabetic and nondiabetic populations in Germany and their associations with sociodemographic variables. METHODS Using data from 2 national health surveys, we estimated hospital days per person-year in the diabetic and nondiabetic populations in 1998 (n=5422) and 1990-1992 (n=7363) in Germany. We used Poisson regression to estimate relative risks and interaction of secular time with age, gender, and educational level, considering the cluster sample design of the study. RESULTS Hospital days per person-year decreased between 1990-1992 and 1998--from 3.59 (95% confidence interval [CI]=2.59, 4.97) to 3.14 (95% CI=2.16, 4.56) for the diabetic population and from 1.38 (95% CI=1.23, 1.55) to 1.33 (95% CI=1.17, 1.51) for the nondiabetic population--but the decrease was not statistically significant. In the diabetic population, the decrease tended to be more pronounced (interaction year x time not significant; P=.756). Also, there was a notable decrease in men and in the group aged 25 to 39 years, and a decrease in both high- and low-educational-level subjects. CONCLUSIONS There seems to have been a larger decrease in hospitalization in the diabetic population than in the nondiabetic population in Germany. An increase in social disparity in this health outcome measure in the diabetic population could not be confirmed.
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- Andrea Icks
- German Diabetes Research Center, Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Graf C, Koch B, Dordel S, Schindler-Marlow S, Icks A, Schüller A, Bjarnason-Wehrens B, Tokarski W, Predel HG. Physical activity, leisure habits and obesity in first-grade children. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 11:284-90. [PMID: 15292761 DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000129740.30593.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Overweight and obesity are already on the rise in early childhood years. The relationships between genetic factors, malnutrition and physical inactivity are the underlying mechanisms. In this study, we examine the association between body indices, motor abilities and active (sport) and passive (television/computer) leisure time activities in a cohort of first-grade pupils. METHODS The study group consisted of 344 children (51.5% male, 48.5% female). They were 6.8+/-0.4 years old, height was 123.9+/-4.9 cm, weight 24.8+/-5.0 kg, body mass index (BMI) 16.1+/-2.3 kg/m. After determination of the anthropometric data, a fitness test was performed in order to determine motor abilities. Parents were questioned about their children's leisure time activities, using a standardized questionnaire. Differences between BMI groups were evaluated using multivariate ANCOVA, adjusted for gender and age. RESULTS Based on German BMI references, overweight and obesity were found in 12% of the children. They had poorer results with respect to endurance (P<0.001), leg strength (P=0.002), co-ordination and balance (P=0.045) and spent more leisure time in watching television and at the computer (each P<0.001). No differences were found between their active leisure habits such as club sports. DISCUSSION Our examinations with first-grade children show no differences in active leisure habits between obese children and their counterparts, although the former had poorer results in motor abilities, but they spend more time on sedentary leisure habits like audiovisual media. A possible explanation is their fewer regular daily activities.
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- Christine Graf
- Institute for Cardiology and Sports Medicine, Köln, Germany.
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Icks A, Rathmann W, Haastert B, Löwel H, Meisinger C, Holle R. Versorgungsqualität und Ausmaß von Komplikationen an einer bevölkerungsbezogenen Stichprobe von Typ 2-Diabetespatienten - Erwiderung. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-941751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Icks A, Rathmann W, Haastert B, Mielck A, Holle R, Löwel H, Giani G, Meisinger C. [Quality of care and extent of complications in a population-based sample of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The KORA Survey 2000]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2006; 131:73-8. [PMID: 16418944 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyse health care processes and outcomes in type 2 diabetes in a representative population sample of persons, aged 25-74 years, in the region of Augsburg, Germany. PATIENTS AND METHODS Based on the KORA Survey 2000, indicators of health care services and outcomes were analysed for all study subjects with known type 2 diabetes (n=149; 80 males (54%)) , mean age 62 +/- 9 years; total random population sample: 4,261 persons). Means and prevalences were calculated, including 95% confidence intervals (CI). Associated factors were analysed using multivariate regression models. RESULTS 57% of the patients had not received adequate drug treatment concerning hypertension and 43% concerning hypercholesterolemia. 63% (CI: 54-70 %) and 38% (CI: 30-47%), respectively, reported that their eyes or feet had been examined during the past 12 months. 47% (CI: 39-56%) had been instructed about their diabetes. 69% (CI: 61-76%) of the subjects did not know the term "HbA(1c)", the proportion being higher among subjects without diabetes education or those of a low social status. 13% (CI: 8-20%) of the subjects had been told by their medical practitioner that they had a retinopathy, 5% (CI: 2- 10%) a foot ulcer, 19% (CI: 12-28%) proteinuria. Two persons were blind, one had been on renal dialysis, and 5% (CI: 2-10%) had undergone amputation of a limb. 6% (3-12%) had at least one of the end-stage diabetic complications. The mean HbA(1c) was 7.2 +/- 1.6%, significantly higher in those with a diabetes for >10 years. CONCLUSIONS The population-based data regarding indicators of type 2 diabetes care processes and outcome in a defined region in Germany show that the treatment of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia was highly inappropriate, as was the frequency of medical control investigations. The high proportion of subjects who did not know the term "HbA(1c)" was striking, particularly among those of a low social status. A significant proportion had severe late complications. The mean HbA(1c), however, was better than had been reported in some previous German practice-based studies.
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- A Icks
- Institut für Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Deutsches Diabeteszentrum, Leibniz-Institut an der Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf.
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Rathmann W, Haastert B, Icks A, Giani G, Holle R, Koenig W, Löwel H, Meisinger C. Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the elderly population according to IDF, WHO, and NCEP definitions and associations with C-reactive protein: the KORA Survey 2000. Diabetes Care 2006; 29:461. [PMID: 16443909 DOI: 10.2337/diacare.29.02.06.dc05-1885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Meyer G, Wegscheider K, Kersten JF, Icks A, Mühlhauser I. Increased Use of Hip Protectors in Nursing Homes: Economic Analysis of a Cluster Randomized, Controlled Trial. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005; 53:2153-8. [PMID: 16398901 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00490.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To assess the cost-efficacy of an intervention program aimed at reducing hip fractures. DESIGN Economic evaluation within an 18-month cluster randomized trial. SETTING Forty-nine nursing homes in Hamburg, Germany. PARTICIPANTS Residents with a high risk of falling (intervention group (IG), n=459; control group (CG), n=483). INTERVENTION Education session for nurses, who subsequently educated residents, and provision of three hip protectors per resident. CG care was optimized by providing brief information to nurses about hip protectors and providing two protectors per nursing home for demonstration purposes. MEASUREMENTS Main outcomes were hip fractures, costs, and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). RESULTS The intervention was effective in reducing hip fractures (21 in the IG vs 42 in the CG) and resulted in a cost difference of 51 dollars per participant in favor of the CG (95% confidence interval covering cost saving of 242 dollars to cost expense of 325 dollars). Costs per additional hip fracture avoided were 1,234 dollars. Sensitivity analyses aimed at investigating robustness of the results to a real practice implementation scenario resulted in ICERs varying from 439 dollars to 1,693 dollars. Taking into account lower hip protector reimbursement levels, the intervention program would be cost saving (break-even point within the base case analysis=22 dollars per hip protector). CONCLUSION A program consisting of education and provision of hip protectors might produce a slight increase in costs or might even be cost saving if the price of the hip protector could be decreased.
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- Gabriele Meyer
- Unit of Health Sciences and Education, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
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Icks A, Rathmann W, Haastert B, John J, Löwel H, Holle R, Giani G. Cost-Effectiveness of Type 2 Diabetes Screening: Results from Recently Published Studies. Gesundheitswesen 2005; 67 Suppl 1:S167-71. [PMID: 16032536 DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Type 2 diabetes screening is recommended by various international diabetes associations. We conducted a literature research to identify and describe systematically recently published cost effectiveness analyses (CEA) for type 2 diabetes screening. Three analyses were included. One of them was conducted in Germany, based on the data of the KORA survey S4 (1999/2001). Two studies came from the US. The German as well as one of the US studies evaluated cost per detected diabetic case as main outcome. In contrast to the US study, the German study considered incomplete participation in the screening programs as baseline case. HbA1 c testing combined with the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was more expensive than OGTT or fasting glucose testing, but also most effective in detecting cases, due to high participation in this screening strategy. The second US study investigated the lifetime cost effectiveness of type 2 diabetes screening, based on a Markov model to calculate cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY). Effectiveness data were derived from two large intervention studies in clinically diagnosed (not identified by screening) diabetic subjects. The authors conclude that type 2 diabetes screening is cost effective, in particular targeted screening in elderly hypertensive subjects. Diabetes screening may be cost effective. However, the effectiveness of early detection and treatment of type 2 diabetes has not yet been shown, and data regarding the course of early detected diabetes are lacking so far. In the future, the most important question is whether type 2 diabetes screening and early treatment is effective with respect to clinical outcomes.
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- A Icks
- Leibniz Institute at Heinrich Heine University, Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Rathmann W, Haastert B, Icks A, Giani G, Holle R, Meisinger C, Mielck A. Sex differences in the associations of socioeconomic status with undiagnosed diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in the elderly population: the KORA Survey 2000. Eur J Public Health 2005; 15:627-33. [PMID: 16051657 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Sex differences in the associations of socioeconomic status (SES) with prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and known risk factors of type 2 diabetes mellitus were investigated in an elderly population. METHODS Oral glucose tolerance tests were carried out in 1354 randomly selected subjects (697 men, 657 women) aged 55-74 years in the population-based KORA Survey 2000, Augsburg, Germany. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for undiagnosed diabetes or IGT by education, occupation and income were estimated using logistic regression controlling for age, waist circumference, blood pressure, triglycerides, physical activity, smoking and alcohol intake. RESULTS All three SES variables were significantly inversely related to body mass index, waist circumference and low physical activity in women (P < 0.05). In men, these associations were weaker or absent. Using the lowest category as reference, occupational status was significantly associated with undiagnosed diabetes in women (adjusted OR 0.5; 95% CI 0.3-0.8) after controlling for risk factors in multivariate regression. The OR was also reduced with higher income in women (adjusted OR, diabetes: 0.7; 95% CI 0.5-1.03). Among men, no significant relations of the SES indicators with unknown diabetes were observed. However, the odds of having IGT was lower with higher occupational status in men (adjusted OR 0.7; 95% CI 0.5-0.9). CONCLUSIONS Undiagnosed type 2 diabetes was related to low SES defined by occupation or income in women only. In men, low occupational status was independently associated with higher IGT risk. Educational level was not related to glucose disorders in both sexes in the elderly population.
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- W Rathmann
- Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Rathmann W, Haastert B, Icks A, Herder C, Kolb H, Holle R, Mielck A, Meisinger C, Wichmann HE, Giani G. The Diabetes Epidemic in the Elderly Population in Western Europe: Data from Population-Based Studies. Gesundheitswesen 2005; 67 Suppl 1:S110-4. [PMID: 16032527 DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Valid epidemiologic data on type 2 diabetes in the elderly population are scarce in the European Region despite its enormous human and economic burden. The aim was to assess population-based data on type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose regulation (IGR) from surveys carried out in Western Europe since 1990 using oral glucose tolerance tests, and to discuss the possible impact of risk factors on geographic variation, in particular, obesity and physical activity. In the decade below 60 years of age, about 10 % of the population had known or newly diagnosed diabetes in European surveys. In the age group 70 to 79 years, average total diabetes prevalence was about one quarter. IGR prevalences also increased with age, reaching a maximum of 25 % (men) to 30 % (women) above 70 years of age. There was a wide variation of total diabetes prevalence in the elderly population in Western European countries, however, without clear geographical pattern. Whereas age- and sex-specific prevalences for total diabetes in the German KORA Survey S4 (1999/2001) (Augsburg) were comparable to the European average, IGR prevalences were higher in Augsburg (60-69 years: KORA: men: 30.2 %, women: 22.4 % Europe: men: 21.2 %, women: 19.0 %). Thus, there is a huge reservoir for future diabetes cases in the elderly population in Germany. Differences at the population level were found for obesity, nutrition, and sedentary lifestyle in Western Europe. Comparative studies on the predictive values of obesity, physical activity, and nutrition and possible interactions with genetic markers in European populations are of interest in the future.
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- W Rathmann
- Leibniz Institute at the Heinrich Heine University, Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Rathmann W, Martin S, Haastert B, Icks A, Holle R, Löwel H, Giani G. Performance of screening questionnaires and risk scores for undiagnosed diabetes: the KORA Survey 2000. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 165:436-41. [PMID: 15738374 DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.4.436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Validation of published screening questionnaires and risk scores for undiagnosed diabetes has typically not been performed in independent population samples. METHODS Oral glucose tolerance tests were performed in 1353 participants (aged 55-74 years) without known diabetes in the Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg (KORA) Survey 2000, Augsburg, Germany. Sensitivity, specificity, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for undiagnosed diabetes were calculated for various screening questionnaires. RESULTS Four screening tests (Rotterdam Diabetes Study, Cambridge Risk Score, San Antonio Heart Study, and Finnish Diabetes Risk Score) were applied to the KORA data. The AUCs were 61% (95% confidence interval [CI], 56%-66%) for the Rotterdam Diabetes Study, 65% (95% CI, 60%-69%) for the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (P=.10 vs Rotterdam), and 67% (95% CI, 62%-72%) for the Cambridge Risk Score (P<.001 vs Rotterdam). A predictive model including fasting glucose level (San Antonio Heart Study) yielded an AUC of 90% (P<.01 vs all 3 questionnaires); however, this was not significantly different from fasting glucose level alone (AUC, 89%; P=.46). The sensitivities, specificities, and predictive values of questionnaires were substantially lower than originally described, which was mainly due to population variation of risk factors compared with the KORA sample (age, body mass index, antihypertensive medication, and smoking). CONCLUSIONS Currently proposed questionnaires yielded low validity when applied to a new population, most likely due to differences in population characteristics. Performance of diabetes risk questionnaires or scores must be assessed in the target population where they will be applied.
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- Wolfgang Rathmann
- Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center at Düsseldorf University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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