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Patients with type 2 diabetes have an increased demand for pacemaker treatment - a comparison with age- and sex matched controls from the general population.

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posted on 2020-09-04, 14:12 authored by Elina Rautio, Fredrik Gadler, Soffia Gudbjörnsdottir, Stefan Franzén, Lars Rydén, Ann-Marie Svensson, Linda G Mellbin
Objective: Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease including arrhythmias. The prevalence of bradyarrhythmia and the subsequent need for treatment with pacemakers (PM) is less well explored in a contemporary patient population. The present study explores 1) whether patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus have an increased demand for PM implantation compared with an age- and sex-matched control population without diabetes mellitus; 2) Patient characteristics associated with increased demand of receiving a PM.

Methods: In this population-matched registry study a total of 416 247 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus from the Swedish National Diabetes Registry (NDR) and 2 081 235 age and sex-matched controls selected from the general population were included between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2012 and followed until 31 December 2013. Mean follow-up time was 7 years. Cox’s proportional hazard regression analyses were performed to estimate the demand of PM-treatment and factors identifying patients with such demand.

Results: Type 2 diabetes mellitus was associated with increased need of PM-treatment (Hazard ratio (HR) 1.65, 95% CI 1.60-1.69; p<0.0001) which remained (HR 1.56, 95% CI 1.51-1.60; p<0.0001) after adjustments for age, sex, educational level, marital status, country of birth and coronary heart disease. Risk factors for receiving a PM included increasing age, HbA1c, BMI, diabetes duration, blood pressure- and lipid lowering medication.

Conclusion: The need for PM treatment is higher in patients with type 2 diabetes than in matched population-based controls. Age, diabetes duration and HbA1c seem to be risk factors for PM treatment.

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