Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease within 10 years in both men and women, new research shows. Those developing T2D before age 40 were at higher risk than older patients and may develop CVD 10-12 years earlier than the general population.
The authors conducted analyses for the overall population, for both sexes, and for six age groups: <40 years, 40-49 years, 50-59 years, 60-69 years, 70-79 years, and 80 years and over.Overall, the absolute 10-year risk of CVD in patients with newly diagnosed T2D was 12% ; their 10-year risk of CVD was associated with a hazard ratio of 1.39 compared with the matched general population cohort.
Stratification by sex showed similar results, with 10-year CVD risks increasing with age, but risks were higher in males in all age groups with newly diagnosed T2D, especially in younger patients. The study used Danish registries, which represent a low-risk population, so results may not be generalizable to higher-risk countries. Researchers did not have access to data on ASCVD risk factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, and blood pressure, or to blood test results, including measures of low-density lipoprotein and. They chose not to adjust for risk factors beyond age and sex as they aimed to report the overall risk associated with being diagnosed T2D in everyday clinical care.