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Research article:

Glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels and their relationships to clinical outcomes in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study

Reference:

Evangelos Kontopantelis, David A Springate, David Reeves, Darren M Ashcroft, Martin Rutter, Iain Buchan, Tim Doran(2015) Glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels and their relationships to clinical outcomes in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study. Diabetologia, doi: 10.1007/s00125-014-3473-8

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Abstract
Background: Observational data have been used to inform target levels for modifiable risk factors in type 2 diabetes but these data are limited by confounding. We aimed to describe the shape of observed relationships between risk factor levels and clinically important outcomes in type 2 diabetes after adjusting for multiple confounders. Methods: We used retrospective longitudinal data on 246,544 adults with type 2 diabetes from 600 practices contributing to the Clinical Practice Research Datalink between 2006 and 2012. Proportional hazards regression models quantified the risks of mortality, microvascular or macrovascular events associated with four modifiable risk factors: glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), systolic and diastolic blood pressure and total cholesterol, while controlling for numerous patient and practice covariates. Findings: U-shaped relationships were observed between all-cause mortality and levels of the four risk factors. The lowest risks were associated with HbA1c 7.25-7.75%; total cholesterol 3.5-4.5 mmol/L; systolic blood pressure 135-145 mmHg; and diastolic blood pressure 82.5-87.5 mmHg. coronary and stroke mortality related to the four risk factors in a positive, curvilinear way, with the exception of blood pressure which related to coronary deaths in a U-shape. Macrovascular events showed a positive and curvilinear relationship with HbA1c but U-shaped for total cholesterol and systolic blood pressure. Microvascular related to the four risk factors in a curvilinear way: positive for HbA1c and systolic blood pressure but negative for cholesterol and diastolic blood pressure. Interpretation: We identified several relationships which, when considered in the light of relevant trial data, support a call for major changes to clinical practice. Most importantly, our results support trial data indicating that normalisation of glucose and blood pressure can lead to poorer outcomes, which makes a strong case for target ranges for these risk factors rather than target levels.
Author for correspondence
Evangelos Kontopantelis
Email for correspondence
E.Kontopantelis@manchester.ac.uk

Code list: Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease

48 codes in list

Code Coding system Description Entity type List name
H3...00 Read Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H31..00 Read Chronic bronchitis diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H310.00 Read Simple chronic bronchitis diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H310000 Read Chronic catarrhal bronchitis diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H310z00 Read Simple chronic bronchitis NOS diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H311.00 Read Mucopurulent chronic bronchitis diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H311000 Read Purulent chronic bronchitis diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H311100 Read Fetid chronic bronchitis diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H311z00 Read Mucopurulent chronic bronchitis NOS diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H312.00 Read Obstructive chronic bronchitis diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H312000 Read Chronic asthmatic bronchitis diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H312011 Read Chronic wheezy bronchitis diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H312100 Read Emphysematous bronchitis diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H312300 Read Bronchiolitis obliterans diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H312z00 Read Obstructive chronic bronchitis NOS diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H313.00 Read Mixed simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H31y.00 Read Other chronic bronchitis diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H31y100 Read Chronic tracheobronchitis diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H31yz00 Read Other chronic bronchitis NOS diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H31z.00 Read Chronic bronchitis NOS diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H32..00 Read Emphysema diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H320.00 Read Chronic bullous emphysema diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H320000 Read Segmental bullous emphysema diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H320100 Read Zonal bullous emphysema diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H320200 Read Giant bullous emphysema diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H320300 Read Bullous emphysema with collapse diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H320z00 Read Chronic bullous emphysema NOS diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H321.00 Read Panlobular emphysema diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H322.00 Read Centrilobular emphysema diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H32y.00 Read Other emphysema diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H32y000 Read Acute vesicular emphysema diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H32y100 Read Atrophic (senile) emphysema diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H32y111 Read Acute interstitial emphysema diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H32y200 Read MacLeod's unilateral emphysema diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H32yz00 Read Other emphysema NOS diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H32z.00 Read Emphysema NOS diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H36..00 Read Mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H37..00 Read Moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H38..00 Read Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H3y..11 Read Other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
H3z..11 Read Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease NOS diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
491 OXMIS CHRONIC BRONCHITIS diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
491 E OXMIS CHRONIC BRONCHITIS WITH EMPHYSEMA diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
492 OXMIS EMPHYSEMA PULMONARY diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
492 AC OXMIS EMPHYSEMA APICAL BULLAE diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
5199G OXMIS OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAYS DISEASE CHRONIC diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
5199GL OXMIS COLD (CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE) diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
5199GP OXMIS COPD (CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISE diagnostic Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease

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Jan. 27, 2014, 6:11 a.m. - David Springate

Codes used to identify patients with COPD. COPD treated as a chronic condition. Patients with any codes from this list prior to the end of a given QOF year are included for that year.

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