Estimated Life Expectancy in a Scottish Cohort With Type 1 Diabetes, 2008-2010

2015605 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Shona Livingstone · University of Dundee

Daniel L. Levin · University of Dundee

Helen C. Looker · University of Dundee

Robert S. Lindsay · University of Glasgow

Sarah H. Wild · University of Edinburgh

Nicola Joss · Raigmore Hospital

Graham Leese ·

Abstract

Estimated life expectancy for patients with type 1 diabetes in Scotland based on data from 2008 through 2010 indicated an estimated loss of life expectancy at age 20 years of approximately 11 years for men and 13 years for women compared with the general population without type 1 diabetes.

Topics & Keywords

Diabetes Management and Research Diabetes and associated disorders Diabetes Treatment and Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA

Volume 313, Issue 1, pp. 37-37

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.16425

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