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World J Diabetes. Mar 15, 2017; 8(3): 104-111
Published online Mar 15, 2017. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v8.i3.104
Published online Mar 15, 2017. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v8.i3.104
Table 1 Mortality in men with type 2 diabetes stratified by treatment with statins, testosterone status/treatment, phosphodiesterase 5-inhibitors and combinations of treatments n (%)
Total group | Alive | Deceased | P value | |
Patient n | 857 | 754 | 103 | |
Mean age at death or last visit/SD (yr) | 67.4/11.6 | 66.2/11.3 | 76.2/10.2 | < 0.00011 |
Patient numbers (%) stratified by treatment | ||||
Statin/untreated | 195 (22.8) | 162 (21.5) | 33 (32.0) | 0.0172 |
Statin/treated | 662 (77.3) | 592 (78.5) | 70 (68.0) | |
Normal T/untreated | 320 (37.3) | 284 (37.7) | 36 (35.0) | < 0.0012 |
Low T/untreated | 362 (42.2) | 301 (39.9) | 61 (59.2) | |
Low T/treated | 175 (20.4) | 169 (22.4) | 6 (5.8) | |
PDE5I/untreated | 682 (79.6) | 582 (77.2) | 100 (97.1) | < 0.0012 |
PDE5I/treated | 175 (20.4) | 172 (22.8) | 3 (2.9) | |
Not on any of the above therapeutic agents | 125 (14.6) | 92 (12.2) | 33 (32.0) | 0.0022 |
On all 3 therapeutic agents | 45 (5.3) | 43 (5.7) | 2 (1.9) |
- Citation: Hackett G, Jones PW, Strange RC, Ramachandran S. Statin, testosterone and phosphodiesterase 5-inhibitor treatments and age related mortality in diabetes. World J Diabetes 2017; 8(3): 104-111
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9358/full/v8/i3/104.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4239/wjd.v8.i3.104