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Table 3 Prevalence and patterns of diabetes-concordant comorbidity among German adults aged 50 years and older with known diabetes mellitus (N = 1035)

From: Prevalence and comorbidity of diabetes mellitus among non-institutionalized older adults in Germany - results of the national telephone health interview survey ‘German Health Update (GEDA)’ 2009

Diabetes concordant comorbidities

Total

Mutually exclusive

Severity of diabetes*

Cardio-metabolic conditions

CVD

Chronic renal disease

Severe visual impairment

N

Prevalence of subjects having the indicated comorbidities % (95% CI)

N

Prevalence of subjects having the indicated comorbidities only % (95% CI)

      

120

10.2 (8.0-13.0)

Grade 1

(n = 120)

X

   

872

86.3 (83.2-88.8)

497

46.8 (42.7-50.9)

Grade 2

(n = 497)

 

X

  

352

37.2 (33.2-41.3)

25

2.2 (1.3-3.7)

 
  

X

 

72

8.3 (6.1-11.2)

4

0.2 (0.1-0.4)

Grade 3

   

X

70

6.0 (4.4-8.0)

8

0.8 (0.3-2.0)

(n = 350)

X

X

  

321

33.4 (29.6-37.5)

265

27.5 (24.0-31.4)

35.6%

X

 

X

 

64

7.4 (5.4-10.2)

24

3.2 (1.8-5.4)

(31.7-39.7%)

X

  

X

59

4.9 (3.5-6.7)

24

2.2 (1.3-3.7)

 
 

X

X

 

38

4.7 (3.1-7.1)

3

0.6 (0.2-2.4)

 
 

X

 

X

32

2.8 (1.8-4.3)

2

0.3 (0.1-1.1)

 
  

X

X

14

0.9 (0.5-1.7)

0

0

Grade 4

 

X

X

X

8

0.6 (0.3-1.4)

1

0.1 (0.0-0.6)

(n = 68)

X

X

 

X

29

2.4 (1.5-3.8)

22

1.8 (1.0-3.2)

7.4%

X

 

X

X

13

0.8 (0.5-1.6)

6

0.3 (0.1-0.7)

(5.4-10.0%)

X

X

X

 

34

3.9 (2.5-6.1)

27

3.4 (2.0-5.5)

 

X

X

X

X

7

0.5 (0.2-1.2)

7

0.5 (0.2-1.2)

 
  1. National Telephone Health Interview Survey ‘German Health Update (GEDA)’ 2009.
  2. Cardiometabolic risk factors: hypertension, hyperlipidemia.
  3. CVD: angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, chronic heart failure and stroke.
  4. * Severity of diabetes was defined as: grade 1 = no diabetes-concordant comorbidity; grade 2 = any cardiometabolic condition without further diabetes-concordant comorbidity; grade 3 = any one diabetes-concordant end-organ complications (CVD or chronic renal disease or several visual impairment) irrespective of cardiometalic conditions; grade 4 =two or more diabetes-specific end-organ diseases irrespective of cardiometabolic conditions Grade 3 and 4 are irrespective of cardiometabolic conditions.