Type 2 diabetes and increased CVD risk

Risk Factor Control and Cardiovascular Event Risk in People With Type 2 Diabetes in Primary and Secondary Prevention Settings
Circulation. 2020;142:1925–1936

• Analysis of the association between the degree of risk factor control and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in type 2 diabetes (T2D) using data from English practices from CPRD GOLD (Clinical Practice Research Datalink) and the SCI-Diabetes dataset (Scottish Care Information-Diabetes). It was found that optimally managed people with T2D have a 21% higher CVD risk when compared with controls. People with T2D without cardio-renal disease would be predicted to benefit greatly from CVD risk factor intervention.