Prevalence and co-morbidity of Diabetes mellitus among adults in Germany – Results of the Robert Koch-Institute Health Telephone Interview Survey „German Health Update (GEDA) 2009“
Y Du, A Gößwald, C Lange, C Scheidt-Nave · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2010 · Heft 09
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Background: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease with a wide range of complications/co-morbidities. Systematic assessment of co-morbidity at the population level is needed to monitor the burden of disease and quality of diabetic care. Methods: Using standardized computer-assisted interview (CATI) technique, GEDA 2009 collected information on physician-diagnosed diabetes mellitus and 18 other chronic conditions in a representative sample of 21262 German men and women aged 18 years and older. Co-morbidity was analysed by conditional count, co-morbid pairs, and multiple logistic regression. Results: The…