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

Livingstone, Shona; L. Levin, Daniel; C. Looker, Helen; S. Lindsay, Robert; H. Wild, Sarah; Joss, Nicola; Leese, Graham; Leslie, Peter; J. McCrimmon, Rory; Metcalfe, Wendy; McKnight, John; D. Morris, Andrew; Pearson, Donald; R. Petrie, John; Philip, Sam; Sattar, Naveed; P. Traynor, Jamie; M. Colhoun, Helen

doi:10.1001/jama.2014.16425

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

Published in JAMA • Jan 6, 2015

Authors:

Shona Livingstone

Daniel L. Levin

Helen C. Looker

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Type 1 diabetes has historically been associated with a significant reduction in life expectancy. Major advances in treatment of type 1 diabetes have occurred in the past 3 decades. Contemporary estimates of the effect of type 1 diabetes on life expectancy are needed. OBJECTIVE: To exami...

Subject

Life expectancy

Medicine

Type 2 diabetes

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