Occurrence Patterns of Diabetes Comorbidities among Residents (20+) in British Columbia (BC) Max Xie

TEAM: Max Xie, Drona Rasali, Caren Rose and Crystal Li The occurrence of chronic disease comorbidities in adults results in worse health outcomes, complex clinical management and higher health care costs. We analyzed the occurrence of comorbidities among a diabetes incident cohort of individuals aged =20 years in 2000/01 from BC’s Chronic Disease Registry, and followed them for 15 years to visualize the occurrence patterns of comorbidities. There were 19,884 (0.64%) individuals who were diagnosed with diabetes meeting its case definition in that fiscal year amongst those =20 years of age in the BC population. Heat maps showed that the development of 17 selected chronic conditions varied by age and sex post diagnosis. The most common chronic conditions occurring as a comorbidity were Hypertension, Ischemic Heart Disease and Osteoarthritis.

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10/14/2020 10:30:00 PM