TOPLINE:
Individuals with type 1 diabetes had more than twice the risk for ischaemic stroke and an 88% higher risk for haemorrhagic stroke than control individuals, whereas those with type 2 diabetes had a 37% higher risk for ischaemic stroke, with no significant impact on the risk for haemorrhagic stroke.
METHODOLOGY:
- This Sweden-wide cohort study included 47,720 individuals with type 1 diabetes (mean age, 34.4 years; 44.8% women) and 686,158 individuals with type 2 diabetes (mean age, 65.3 years; 43.3% women) from the National Diabetes Register (2005-2019), matched to 143,160 and 2,058,474 diabetes-free control individuals, respectively, from the Total Population Register.
- Data on baseline demographics, comorbidities, medications, laboratory values, and outcomes were obtained from multiple national registers.
- The primary…