4.0.0.0 AS­SESS­MENT OF CO­MOR­BIDI­TIES

4.1.0.0 In­tro­duc­tion

Be­sides as­sessing di­a­betes-‍re­lat­ed com­pli­ca­tions, clin­i­cians and their pa­tients need to be aware of com­mon co­mor­bidi­ties that af­fect peo­ple with di­a­betes and may com­pli­cate man­age­ment (20–24). Di­a­betes co­mor­bidi­ties are con­di­tions that af­fect peo­ple with di­a­betes more often than age-‍matched peo­ple with­out di­a­betes. This sec­tion in­cludes many of the com­mon co­mor­bidi­ties ob­served in pa­tients with di­a­betes but is not nec­es­sar­i­ly in­clu­sive of all the con­di­tions that have been re­ported.