Gargya Malla1, D Leann Long2, Suzanne E Judd2, Marguerite R Irvin1, Brett M Kissela3, Daniel T Lackland4, Monika M Safford5, Deborah A Levine6, Virginia J Howard1, George Howard2, J David Rhodes2, Jenifer H Voeks4, Dawn O Kleindorfer3, Aaron Anderson7, James F Meschia8, April P Carson9. 1. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. 2. Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. 3. Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, Cincinnati, OH. 4. Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. 5. Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY. 6. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI. 7. Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. 8. Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL. 9. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL apcarson@uab.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Given temporal changes in diabetes prevalence and stroke incidence, this study investigated age, race, and sex differences in the diabetes-stroke association in a contemporary prospective cohort, the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We included 23,002 non-Hispanic black and white U.S. adults aged ≥45 years without prevalent stroke at baseline (2003-2007). Diabetes was defined as fasting glucose ≥126 mg/dL, random glucose ≥200 mg/dL, or use of glucose-lowering medication. Incident stroke events were expert adjudicated and available through September 2017. RESULTS: The prevalence of diabetes was 19.1% at baseline. During follow-up, 1,018 stroke events occurred. Among adults aged <65 years, comparing those with diabetes to those without diabetes, the risk of stroke was increased for white women (hazard ratio [HR] 3.72 [95% CI 2.10-6.57]), black women (HR 1.88 [95% CI 1.22-2.90]), and white men (HR 2.01 [95% CI 1.27-3.27]) but not black men (HR 1.27 [95% CI 0.77-2.10]) after multivariable adjustment. Among those aged ≥65 years, diabetes increased the risk of stroke for white women and black men, but not black women (HR 1.05 [95% CI 0.74-1.48]) or white men (HR 0.86 [95% CI 0.62-1.21]). CONCLUSIONS: In this contemporary cohort, the diabetes-stroke association varied by age, race, and sex together, with a more pronounced effect observed among adults aged <65 years. With the recent increase in the burden of diabetes complications at younger ages in the U.S., additional efforts are needed earlier in life for stroke prevention among adults with diabetes.
OBJECTIVE: Given temporal changes in diabetes prevalence and stroke incidence, this study investigated age, race, and sex differences in the diabetes-stroke association in a contemporary prospective cohort, the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We included 23,002 non-Hispanic black and white U.S. adults aged ≥45 years without prevalent stroke at baseline (2003-2007). Diabetes was defined as fasting glucose ≥126 mg/dL, random glucose ≥200 mg/dL, or use of glucose-lowering medication. Incident stroke events were expert adjudicated and available through September 2017. RESULTS: The prevalence of diabetes was 19.1% at baseline. During follow-up, 1,018 stroke events occurred. Among adults aged <65 years, comparing those with diabetes to those without diabetes, the risk of stroke was increased for white women (hazard ratio [HR] 3.72 [95% CI 2.10-6.57]), black women (HR 1.88 [95% CI 1.22-2.90]), and white men (HR 2.01 [95% CI 1.27-3.27]) but not black men (HR 1.27 [95% CI 0.77-2.10]) after multivariable adjustment. Among those aged ≥65 years, diabetes increased the risk of stroke for white women and black men, but not black women (HR 1.05 [95% CI 0.74-1.48]) or white men (HR 0.86 [95% CI 0.62-1.21]). CONCLUSIONS: In this contemporary cohort, the diabetes-stroke association varied by age, race, and sex together, with a more pronounced effect observed among adults aged <65 years. With the recent increase in the burden of diabetes complications at younger ages in the U.S., additional efforts are needed earlier in life for stroke prevention among adults with diabetes.
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