Type 2 Diabetes Correlates with Comorbidity and Nutritional Status but Not with Functional Health in Geriatric Ward Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study in Poland.

Published in: Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy (2020)

Type 2 DM patients were significantly more often burdened with multimorbidity, polypharmacy, obesity, and had an unfavorable profile of cardiovascular diseases than patients without DM, but - contrary to our expectations - they did not differ in any functional characteristic assessed. However, this may be due to the geriatric ward patients' specificity of health problems in the advanced, more complex disablement process phases.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
type diabetes
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
healthcare
peritoneal dialysis
mental health
public health
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
risk assessment
physical activity
coronary artery disease
body mass index
cardiovascular events
human health
hip fracture