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A definitive model for predicting absolute risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in male and female people with Type II diabetes is not yet available. This paper provides an equation for estimating the risk of new CHD events in people with Type II diabetes, based on data from 4540 U.K. Prospective Diabetes Study male and female patients. Unlike previously published risk equations, the model is diabetes-specific and incorporates glycaemia, systolic blood pressure and lipid levels as risk factors, in addition to age, sex, ethnic group, smoking status and time since diagnosis of diabetes. All variables included in the final model were statistically significant (P<0.001, except smoking for which P=0.0013) in likelihood ratio testing. This model provides the estimates of CHD risk required by current guidelines for the primary prevention of CHD in Type II diabetes.

Type

Journal article

Journal

Clin Sci (Lond)

Publication Date

12/2001

Volume

101

Pages

671 - 679

Keywords

Adult, Blood Pressure, Coronary Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diabetic Angiopathies, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Glycated Hemoglobin A, Humans, Lipids, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Statistical, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Smoking, Survival Rate