Glycemic control and dementia risk in patients aged above and below 75 years

Hae Hyuk Jung

doi:10.1007/s13340-023-00684-4

Glycemic control and dementia risk in patients aged above and below 75 years

Diabetol Int. 2024 Jan 8;15(2):244-252. doi: 10.1007/s13340-023-00684-4. eCollection 2024 Apr.

Author

Hae Hyuk Jung^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Kangwondaehakgil, Chuncheon, Gangwon-Do 24341 South Korea.
² Department of Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, 156 Baekryung-ro, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do 24289 South Korea.

PMID: 38524931
PMCID: PMC10959882 (available on 2025-01-08)
DOI: 10.1007/s13340-023-00684-4

Abstract

Background: There is a lack of data about the treatment effect of glycemic control on incident dementia in patients with advanced age.

Methods: In a nationwide Korean cohort of 79,076 diabetic patients 75 years or older and a representative cohort of 74,672 diabetics aged 50 to 74 years, multivariable-adjusted incidence of overt dementia was estimated across yearly-averaged on-treatment fasting blood glucose (FBG) levels.

Results: During 9-year follow-up, overt dementia was noted in 24,710 (31.2%) patients 75 years or older and in 5237 (7.0%) patients aged 50 to 74 years. For dementia risk, J-shaped associations were observed across on-treatment FBG levels (80-99, 100-109, 110-125, 126-139, 140-159, 160-179, and 180-900 mg/dl) in patients 75 years or older (respective incidence: 49.3, 45.7, 45.9, 45.7, 48.5, 51.5, and 57.9 per 1000 person-years) and in those aged 50 to 74 years (respective incidence: 8.9, 8.3, 7.7, 7.6, 8.0, 8.6, and 10.6 per 1000 person-years) with a significant interaction of FBG level and age group (P = 0.001). For all-cause mortality, the J-shaped association curve was left-shifted in patients 75 years or older (respective incidence: 64.9, 59.1, 57.6, 60.4, 64.0, 70.9, and 90.4 per 1000 person-years) relative to that in patients aged 50 to 74 years (respective incidence: 15.7, 13.4, 12.3, 12.2, 13.4, 15.7, and 21.8 per 1000 person-years; P < 0.001 for interaction).

Conclusion: The achieved glycemic level with the lowest risk for dementia and mortality was lower in older patients, and absolute risk increase related to poorly controlled glucose was greater in the elderly compared with younger patients.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13340-023-00684-4.

Keywords: Age groups; Dementia; Diabetes; Glycemic control; Mortality.

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