PMID- 32611580 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210621 LR - 20210621 IS - 2052-4897 (Electronic) IS - 2052-4897 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jul TI - Effect of socioeconomic deprivation on outcomes of diabetes complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a nationwide population-based cohort study of South Korea. LID - 10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000729 [doi] LID - e000729 AB - INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to examine the effect of socioeconomic deprivation on the outcomes of diabetes complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We conducted a cohort study using claims data and 2005 national census data. We included of 7510 patients newly diagnosed with T2DM from 2004 to 2012 and aged 40 years or above. We excluded participants who had onset of diabetes complications and hospitalization within 1 year after initial onset T2DM, aged less than 40 years and with missing covariates. We used the regional socioeconomic deprivation index and classified study participants into five categories according to the quintile distribution. We calculated the adjusted HR and 95% CI for hospitalization related to diabetes complications and all-cause mortality by applying Cox proportional hazards model and the adjusted subdistribution hazards model. RESULTS: The percentages of participants in the first quintile (least deprived) to fifth quintile (most deprived) were 27.0%, 27.9%, 19.5%, 14.8%, and 10.8% for socioeconomic deprivation; 25.4%, 28.8%, 32.4%, 34.6%, and 37.6% for hospitalization due to diabetes complications; 1.3%, 2.1%, 2.5%, 2.9%, and 3.6% for deaths from diabetes complications; and 5.7%, 7.2%, 9.7%, 9.7%, and 13.1% for deaths from all causes, respectively. Participants with higher socioeconomic deprivation had a higher HR for hospitalization and mortality from all-cause and diabetes complications. These associations were the strongest among men and participants in their 40s in hospitalization related to diabetes complications, 50s in diabetes complications-specific mortality and 50s and 60s in all-cause mortality. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with T2DM with high socioeconomic deprivation had higher hospital admission and mortality rates for diabetes complications than those with low deprivation. We cannot fully explain the effect of socioeconomic deprivation on diabetes outcomes. Therefore, further studies are needed in order to find underlying mechanisms for these associations. CI - (c) Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. FAU - Choi, Dong-Woo AU - Choi DW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5462-7579 AD - Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of). FAU - Lee, Sang Ah AU - Lee SA AD - Research and Analysis Team, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (the Republic of). FAU - Lee, Doo Woong AU - Lee DW AD - Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of). FAU - Joo, Jae Hong AU - Joo JH AD - Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of). FAU - Han, Kyu-Tae AU - Han KT AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5817-1203 AD - Division of Cancer Management Policy, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (the Republic of). FAU - Kim, SeungJu AU - Kim S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3308-3802 AD - Department of Nursing, Eulji University, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (the Republic of). FAU - Park, Eun-Cheol AU - Park EC AD - Department Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) ecpark@yuhs.ac. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care JT - BMJ open diabetes research & care JID - 101641391 SB - IM MH - Cohort Studies MH - *Diabetes Complications MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/epidemiology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Republic of Korea/epidemiology MH - Socioeconomic Factors PMC - PMC7332202 OTO - NOTNLM OT - complication(s) OT - mortality OT - socioeconomic deprivation OT - type 2 diabetes COIS- Competing interests: None declared. EDAT- 2020/07/03 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/22 06:00 PMCR- 2020/07/01 CRDT- 2020/07/03 06:00 PHST- 2019/07/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/05/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/05/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/07/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/07/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 8/1/e000729 [pii] AID - bmjdrc-2019-000729 [pii] AID - 10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000729 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2020 Jul;8(1):e000729. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000729.