Diabetes Disease Progression Determinants

The incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) have significantly increased worldwide. Consequently, the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been increased significantly, as they are highly associated with DM. The present report derives the determinants of the DM disease progression, based on ten baseline covariates (such as sex, age, average blood pressure, body mass index and six blood serum measurements) on 442 diabetes patients. It also identifies the effects of the factors or covariates on DM disease progression. The current report has examined the objectives based on the derived probabilistic models of a quantitative measure of DM disease progression one year after the baseline. Moreover, these models can be used for predicting the disease progression for future patients.