Citation

Davis WA, Starkstein SE, Bruce DG, Davis TM. Intern. Med. J. 2015; 45(9): 976-980.

Affiliation

School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/imj.12853

PMID

26332624

Abstract

Type 1 diabetes is associated with increased suicide risk. Data for older diabetic individuals are inconsistent. In longitudinal data from 1413 adults recruited to the Fremantle Diabetes Study from 1993-1996 and 5660 matched non-diabetic residents, followed to end-2012, the age and sex-adjusted sub-hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) for suicide in diabetic versus non-diabetic individuals was 1.16 (0.38-3.51). Older Australians with diabetes are not at increased suicide risk.

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