JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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In China, diabetes prevalence has increased substantially in recent decades, but there are no reliable estimates of the excess mortality currently associated with diabetes. ⋯ Among adults in China, diabetes was associated with increased mortality from a range of cardiovascular and noncardiovascular diseases. Although diabetes was more common in urban areas, it was associated with greater excess mortality in rural areas.
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Are antifungal agents associated with lower rates of mortality and invasive fungal infections when administered before definitive diagnosis of an invasive fungal infection in critically ill patients without neutropenia? ⋯ Antifungal treatment administered prior to diagnosis of an invasive fungal infection is not associated with either higher or lower rates of all-cause mortality. Antifungal treatment in this setting is associated with lower rates of invasive fungal infections compared with placebo or no intervention in critically ill patients without neutropenia, but the quality of the evidence is low.