AUTHOR=Hou Yitan , Hu Ze , Jiang Feng , Zhao Qiuling , Wang Chongjian , Zhang Yuxiao 

TITLE=Gender-Specific Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among the Rural Elderly Population

JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 69 - 2024

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2024.1606680

DOI=10.3389/ijph.2024.1606680

ISSN=1661-8564

ABSTRACT=Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the life expectancy (LE) and health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among the rural elderly population.
Methods: A total of 10318 participants aged 65 to 79 were derived from the Henan Rural Cohort. The LE and HALE were calculate via Sullivan method and multistate life table.  
Results: Among of 10318 subjects, 1325 suffered from T2DM at the baseline, and 394 participants were newly developed T2DM. The results from the Sullivan method showed that the LE, HALE, and HALE/LE were 17.98, 16.18 years, and 89.95% for men aged 65 to 69, and the corresponding estimates for women were 21.81, 18.73 years, and 85.86%, respectively. The LE, HALE and HALE/LE calculated via multistate life table were 19.86, 17.53 years, and 88.29% for men at aged 65, and the corresponding values for women were 25.01, 20.87 years, and 83.44%, respectively.
Conclusion: Rural elderly women have a longer LE and HALE of T2DM, but they have lower life quality than men. More attention should be paid to T2DM among rural elderly, especially for women.