Mortality risk in admitted patients with diabetes mellitus according to treatment

Investigate the importance of treating diabetes by evaluating mortality risk of untreated and medically-treated diabetic patients. Historical prospectively collected observational data of hospitalized patient ≥ 18 years, admitted for any-cause to medical wards, between January 2011 and December 2013. Main outcome was all-cause mortality at end of follow-up. Cohort included 35,340 patients (51% male, median age 70 years); 24,159 without diabetes...