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TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research
Investigating the high number of deaths of patients with diabetes from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
The use of SGLT2 inhibitors was associated with reduced risk of any cause of death in patients with or without a history of major cardiovascular disease.
Examining both the clinical and the cost outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes with established cardiovascular disease.
Did You Know: We May be Unprepared for Coming Diabetes Epidemic
If we were to do A1c tests on the entire US population today, we would find that there are about 100 million people with prediabetes, according to the CDC. Per the predictions of the researchers, half the US population will have prediabetes within ten years, and in every single state, no fewer than 35% of adults will have a body mass index of at least 30, the threshold that defines obesity.
Body mass index, a measure of fatness based on a person’s height and weight, has its limitations as a predictor of personal health. But in large populations where rates of obesity are higher, people tend to be sicker. Even worse: as the nation continues to accumulate fat, nearly 1 in 4 U.S. adults will have “severe obesity.” Defined as having a BMI of 40 or above, severe obesity will become about as common in 2030 as regular obesity was in the 1990s. Where Americans had obesity, the generation behind them is expected to develop severe obesity — and their risk of joint and back problems, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, and early death will be even higher. Studies have shown that having prediabetes and diabetes can increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and death. In a current study, they found that there was a twofold higher unadjusted risk for CVD in people with prediabetes While HbA1c adds to cardiovascular risk prediction, those with prediabetes should have their conventional cardiovascular risk factors appropriately measured and managed. Providing an A1c for every patient is a way to inform and motivate patients to better health.
The findings were published in last week’s New England Journal of Medicine.
Diabetes Care 2019 Dec; dc191683. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc19-1683
–Steve Freed, R.Ph., CDE, Publisher
Diabetes in Control gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following pharmacy doctoral candidates in the preparation of this week’s newsletters:
Andrew Daoud, PharmD Candidate, Florida A&M University
Joel John, Pharm.D. Candidate, Florida A&M University, College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Emma Kammerer, L|E|C|O|M Bradenton School of Pharmacy, PharmD Candidate
Nour Salhab, Pharm.D. Candidate, USF College of Pharmacy
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