Predicting Changes in Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Type 2 Diabetes in the Post-UKPDS Era: Longitudinal Analysis of the Swedish National Diabetes Register
Table 3
Prediction of risk factors for two hypothetical patients over 5 years after the diagnosis.
Risk factor
Value in year of diagnosis
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Patient 1: woman with BMI equal to 27 and 60 years old in the year of diagnosis and nonsmoking
HbA1c (%)
7.00
6.49
6.50
6.58
6.68
6.78
Systolic BP (mmHg)
138.00
136.43
135.76
135.52
135.46
135.48
BMI (Kg/m2)
27.00
27.41
27.81
28.18
28.51
28.80
TC : HDL
4.50
3.98
3.70
3.56
3.49
3.46
LDL cholesterol (mmolL−1)
3.00
2.90
2.83
2.78
2.75
2.72
Patient 2: man with BMI equal to 32 and 60 years old in the year of diagnosis and smoking at diagnosis
