1468-P: Cause-Specific Mortality over 30 Years among Chinese with Newly Diagnosed Diabetes: The Da Qing IGT and Diabetes Study

Despite its growing prevalence in China, the extent to which diabetes leads to excess mortality and its underlying causes are ill-defined. Six-hundred and six persons with newly diagnosed diabetes (NDD) and a comparison group of 494 with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) were identified in 1986 by screening 110,660 adults aged 25-74 years who agreed to participate in The Da Qing IGT and Diabetes study. A follow-up study of the original study...