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Trends in direct health care costs among US adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with and without diabetes

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Objective Population-based national data on the trends in expenditures related to coexisting atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD) and diabetes is scarce. Individuals with diabetes had a 1.5-fold fold higher mean expenditure that those without diabetes. individuals aged ≥ 18 years.

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Hypoglycemic Events May Trigger Acute Ischemic Stroke Within 30 Days in Those With Diabetes: A Case-Crossover Study

Stroke Journal

We used conditional logistical regression models to estimate odds ratios and 95% CIs.RESULTS:There were 237 667 index admissions with AIS and diabetes during the study period. These results, if confirmed in other studies, emphasize the importance of avoiding hypoglycemic events in patients with diabetes.

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Abstract 280: Risk Factors in 90day Ischemic Stroke Readmissions

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

Study Population includes all patients with an ischemic stroke inpatient admission in 2018 and were continuously enrolled with Medicare FFS for 1 year prior to and following their initial 2018 stroke admission. 1.378]), and heart failure (1.282 [95%CI, 1.25‐1.315]).ConclusionPatient