Associations between multimorbidity and glycaemia (HbA1c) in people with type 2 diabetes: Cross-sectional study in Australian general practice

Abstract

Objectives To explore the prevalence of multimorbidity as well as individual and combinations of long-Term conditions (LTCs) in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) attending Australian general practice, using electronic health record (EHR) data. We also examine the association between multimorbidity condition count (total/concordant(T2D related)/discordant(unrelated)) and glycaemia (glycated haemoglobin, HbA1c). Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Australian general practice. Participants 69 718 people with T2D with a general practice encounter between 2013 and 2015 captured in the MedicineInsight database (EHR Data from 557 general practices and >3.8 million Australian patients). Primary an..