Customised Diabetes Care Effective for Women, Not Men

London:  Personally tailored diabetes care reduces mortality - both all-cause and diabetes-related - in women but not men, a study has found.

The 13-year follow-up study showed that women given structured personal care were 26 percent less likely to die of any cause and 30 percent less likely to die of a diabetes-related cause than women given routine care.

Women given the personal care intervention were also 41 percent less likely to suffer a stroke, and 35 percent less likely to experience any diabetes-related endpoint.

Women given the personal care intervention were also 41 percent less likely to suffer a stroke, and 35 percent less likely to experience any diabetes-related endpoint (a combination of multiple outcomes).

"Structured personal diabetes care could provide women with significant attention and support and thus provide an incentive to treatment adherence," said lead researcher Marlene Krag from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.