Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes remission in Scotland in 2019: A cross-sectional population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical pathways are changing to incorporate support and appropriate follow-up for people to achieve remission of type 2 diabetes, but there is limited understanding of the prevalence of remission in current practice or patient characteristics associated with remission.

Methods and findings

We carried out a cross-sectional study estimating the prevalence of remission of type 2 diabetes in all adults in Scotland aged ≥30 years diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and alive on December 31, 2019. Remission of type 2 diabetes was assessed between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019. We defined remission as all HbA1c values <48 mmol/mol in the absence of glucose-lowering therapy (GLT) for a continuous duration of ≥365 days before the date of the last recorded HbA1c in 201

SUBMITTER: Captieux M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8562803 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature