Dr. Dahai Yu d.yu@keele.ac.uk
Ethnic differences in mortality and hospital admission rates between Maori, Pacific, and European New Zealanders with type 2 diabetes between 1994 and 2018: a retrospective, population-based, longitudinal cohort study
Yu, Dahai; Zhao, Zhanzheng; Osuagwu, Uchechukwu L; Pickering, Karen; Baker, John; Cutfield, Richard; Orr-Walker, Brandon J; Cai, Yamei; Simmons, David
Authors
Zhanzheng Zhao
Uchechukwu L Osuagwu
Karen Pickering
John Baker
Richard Cutfield
Brandon J Orr-Walker
Yamei Cai
David Simmons
Abstract
Background
Type 2 diabetes affects Indigenous and non-European populations disproportionately, including in New Zealand, where long-term temporal trends in cause-specific clinical outcomes between Maori, Pacific, and European people remain unclear. We aimed to compare the rates of mortality and hospital admission between Maori, Pacific, and European patients with type 2 diabetes in Auckland, New Zealand, over a period of 24 years.
Methods
In this retrospective, population-based, longitudinal cohort study, we identified a cohort of patients (aged 35–84 years) with type 2 diabetes enrolled between Jan 1, 1994, and July 31, 2018, to the primary care audit programme, the Diabetes Care Support Service (DCSS) in Auckland, New Zealand. Patients with type 1 diabetes, prediabetes, and gestational diabetes were excluded. We linked data from the DCSS with national death registration, hospital admission, pharmaceutical claim, and socioeconomic status databases. Patients were followed up until death or July 31, 2018 (date of last enrolment to the DCSS). Incident clinical events (all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, cancer mortality, cardiovascular hospital admission, cancer hospital admission, and end-stage renal disease hospital admission) were identified. Event rates were stratified by ethnic group, age group, sex, socioeconomic status, and time period (<1998, 1999–2013, 2004–08, 2009–13, and 2014–18). Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) and absolute risk differences were adjusted for sex, age, smoking status, obesity, socioeconomic status, and time period by use of age-period-cohort modelling.
Findings
Between Jan 1, 1994, and July 31, 2018, 45?072 patients with type 2 diabetes (21?936 [48·7%] female; mean age 56·7 years [SD 13·8]) were enrolled in the DCSS and followed up for a median of 9·7 years (IQR 5·8–13·6). 16?755 (37·2%) were European, 7093 (15·7%) were Maori, and 12?044 (26·7%) were Pacific patients. Despite a similar temporal trend (decreasing mortality and increasing hospital admissions) across the three ethnic groups, Maori and Pacific patients had consistently higher hospital admission rates than European patients. Maori but not Pacific patients had higher adjusted IRRs for all-cause mortality (1·96 [95% CI 1·80–2·14]), cardiovascular mortality (1·93 [1·63–2·29]) and cancer mortality (1·64 [1·40–1·93]) rates compared with European patients.
Interpretation
Compared with European patients, poorer health outcomes have persisted among Maori and Pacific people with type 2 diabetes for more than 20 years. New policies supporting prevention and more intensive management of type 2 diabetes are urgently needed. Research into the biological and societal mechanisms underlying these disparities, and the associated differences between Maori and Pacific patients is also needed.
Funding
Counties Manukau Health and Middlemore Foundation.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 15, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 15, 2020 |
Publication Date | 2021-02 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | The Lancet Global Health |
Print ISSN | 2214-109X |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | e209-e217 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X%2820%2930412-5 |
Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30412-5 |
PMID | 33069275 |
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