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Table 4 Cumulative incidence of diabetes-related complications

From: The consequences of delaying insulin initiation in UK type 2 diabetes patients failing oral hyperglycaemic agents: a modelling study

 

Immediate initiation

8-year delay

Difference

Complication

   

Congestive heart failure, onset (%)

29.22

30.08

-0.87

Congestive heart failure, death (%)

26.58

26.26

+0.31

Angina (%)

12.85

13.13

-0.27

Myocardial infarction, event (%)

28.98

33.63

-4.65

Myocardial infarction, death (%)

25.05

28.07

-3.02

Stroke, event (%)

8.60

8.49

+0.12

Stroke, death (%)

4.73

4.62

+0.12

Background retinopathy (%)

14.08

17.70

-3.62

Proliferative retinopathy (%)

0.91

1.22

-0.31

Severe vision loss (%)

4.05

5.28

-1.22

Macular oedema (%)

11.73

14.81

-3.09

Cataract (%)

6.77

7.45

-0.68

Microalbuminuria (%)

18.66

23.21

-4.56

Gross proteinuria (%)

3.97

5.17

-1.20

End-stage renal disease (%)

0.59

0.75

-0.16

Foot ulcer, first (%)

18.22

20.09

-1.87

Foot ulcer, recurrence (%)

18.62

20.54

-1.92

First amputation (%)

4.37

4.72

-0.35

Neuropathy, onset (%)

34.88

40.49

-5.61

Peripheral vascular disease, onset (%)

13.80

15.90

-2.10