アブストラクト | INTRODUCTION: The objectives of this study were to (a) assess the factors associated with weight gain in a population of type 2 diabetes patients escalating from metformin (M) to M+ sulfonylurea (M + S) and (b) evaluate whether healthcare resource utilization associated with being overweight or obese is underestimated in typical health economic evaluations. METHODS: The study was a retrospective cohort study using UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink linked to Hospital Episode Statistics (CPRD/HES) data. The association between baseline phenotypic factors and weight gain was assessed using logistic regression. Hospitalization incidence rates per 1000 person-years for major diabetes-related complications according to body mass index (BMI) at baseline were estimated from the data (observed) and compared to those obtained from a validated diabetes model (predicted). RESULTS: 11,071 patients were included in the analysis; approximately 40% gained weight in the first year following escalation to M + S. Baseline age, HbA1c and gender were found to be predictors of weight gain [odds ratios 0.99 (1-year increment), 1.11 (1% increment) and 0.81 (female vs male), respectively, p < 0.001]. Observed vs predicted incidence rates of hospitalization were 265 vs 13 (normal), 297 vs 31 (overweight), 223 vs 50 (obese) and 378 vs 41 (severe obese). CONCLUSION: This analysis suggests there are identifiable patient characteristics predictive of weight gain that may be informative to clinical and economic decision making in the context of patients escalating from M to an M + S regimen. Hospital admissions in people with type 2 diabetes were generally under-predicted. A particular focus of future research should be the need for diabetes models to make the likelihood of experiencing an event conditional on BMI. FUNDING: Takeda Development Centre Europe Ltd., UK. |
ジャーナル名 | Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders |
投稿日 | 2015/10/9 |
投稿者 | Gordon, Jason P; Evans, Marc; Puelles, Jorge; McEwan, Philip C |
組織名 | Health Economics and Outcomes Research Ltd, Cardiff, UK. jason.gordon@heor.co.uk.;Public Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.;jason.gordon@heor.co.uk.;Llandough Hospital, Diabetes Resource Centre, Cardiff, UK.;Global Outcomes Research, Takeda Development Centre Europe, TDC (Europe) Ltd,;London, UK.;Health Economics and Outcomes Research Ltd, Cardiff, UK.;Centre for Health Economics, Swansea University, Swansea, UK. |
Pubmed リンク | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26446552/ |