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Proportion Of Canadian Adults With Unreported Type 2 Diabetes Who Experience A Related Hospitalization: Results From Canadian Community Health Survey And Discharge Abstract Database Linkage, Aini Khan
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Abstract
Background: People with type 2 diabetes (T2D) may go undiagnosed and subsequently be hospitalized with T2D.
Objective: Determine the percentage of Canadians, with unreported T2D, who experience a T2D hospitalization
Methods: Using linked dataset, respondents who reported no diabetes in the Canadian Community Health Survey, were followed in the Discharge Abstract Database for T2D hospitalization event.
Results: 0.56% of men and 0.44% of women, who reported no diabetes, were hospitalized with T2D. Older Age, higher BMI and worse self-reported health increased T2D hospitalization in both men and women. In women, drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco and lower physical activity were …