• Chien-Hsing Lee, Yi-Ling Wu, Jeng-Fu Kuo, Jung-Fu Chen, Ming-Chu Chin, and Yi-Jen Hung.
• Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
• J Formos Med Assoc. 2019 Nov 1; 118 Suppl 2: S96-S102.

Background/PurposeDiabetic macrovascular complications contribute to nonignorable causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). In this study, the trends of risk factors and macrovascular complications were examined in patients with DM in Taiwan.MethodsHealth care information and International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision diagnostic codes were retrieved from the Taiwan Bureau of National Health Insurance claims files between 2005 and 2014. Using these data, the number of cases and annual prevalence of diabetic macrovascular complications in individuals with DM were stratified by age and sex.ResultsThe prevalence of DM with either stroke or cardiovascular disease (CVD) showed a decreasing trend in enrolled patients with DM (p for trend < 0.005), but that of DM with peripheral vascular diseases (PVDs) showed an increasing trend (p for trend < 0.001). Notably, the trend of changes in the prevalence of heart failure (HF) was similar to that of changes in the prevalence of stroke, although the decrease in prevalence was not statistically significant (p for trend = 0.053).ConclusionFrom this nationwide study, we observed a decrease in the prevalence of diabetic macrovascular complications, such as stroke, CVD, and HF, but an increase in the prevalence of PVDs in the past decade in Taiwan.Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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