Affiliation:
1. Université Paris XIII (CRNH) et Services de Médecine Interne et d’Endocrinologie, de l’Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France
2. Cetaf, Centre Technique d’Appui et de Formation des Centres d’Examens de Santé, Saint-Etienne, France
3. Service d’Information Médicale et Statistique de l’Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France
4. Centre de Prévention Sanitaire et Sociale de Seine Saint Denis, Bobigny, France
Abstract
OBJECTIVE—Previous studies have related poor glycemic control and/or some diabetes complications to low socioeconomic status. Some aspects of socioeconomic status have not been assessed in these studies. In the present study, we used an individual index of deprivation, the Evaluation de la Précarité et des Inégalités de santé dans les Centres d’Examens de Santé (Evaluation of Precarity and Inequalities in Health Examination Centers [EPICES]) score, to determine the relationship among glycemic control, diabetes complications, and individual conditions of deprivation.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We conducted a cross-sectional prevalence study in 135 consecutive diabetic patients (age 59.41 ± 13.2 years [mean ± SD]) admitted in the hospitalization unit of a French endocrine department. Individual deprivation was assessed by the EPICES score, calculated from 11 socioeconomic questions. Glycemic control, lipid levels, blood pressure, retinopathy, neuropathy, and nephropathy were assessed.
RESULTS—HbA1c level was significantly correlated with the EPICES score (r = 0.366, P < 0.001). The more deprived patients were more likely than the less deprived patients to have poor glycemic control (β = 1.984 [SE 0.477], P < 0.001), neuropathy (odds ratio 2.39 [95% CI 1.05–5.43], P = 0.037), retinopathy (3.66 [1.39–9.64], P = 0.009), and being less often admitted for 1-day hospitalization (0.32 [0.14–0.74], P = 0.008). No significant relationship was observed with either nephropathy or cardiovascular risk factors.
CONCLUSIONS—Deprivation status is associated with poor metabolic control and more frequent microvascular complications, i.e., retinopathy and neuropathy. The medical and economic burden of deprived patients is high.
Publisher
American Diabetes Association
Subject
Advanced and Specialized Nursing,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,Internal Medicine
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