Type 2 & other diabetes

Trends in the association between diabetes duration and cardiovascular events: a population-based cohort study

Diabetes Res Clin PractPublished Population-based cohort study

Authors' conclusion

We demonstrate that diabetes-even if ≥ 10 years in duration-now confers an increased risk of cardiovascular events that is relatively lower than that of prior CVD.

Study context

Exposure
Diabetes duration and prior cardiovascular disease (CVD)
Outcome
Subsequent cardiovascular events

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Cardiovascular events
  • Diabetes, even if ≥ 10 years in duration, now confers an increased risk of cardiovascular events that is relatively lower than that of prior CVD

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Original publication

Trends in the association between diabetes duration and cardiovascular events: a population-based cohort study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 18 August 2026. doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2026.113491

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