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Table 3 Overview of the cardiovascular events at last contact in the different young-onset T2DM subgroups

From: Characteristics and cardiovascular complications of a large cohort of adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes <45 years

 

Carotid surgery

Surgery lower limbs

TIA/CVA

Cardiac event

CV event

Men vs. women

 % Men

0.8 (4)

8.3 (41)

8.5 (42)

24.3 (120)

41.4 (205)

 % Women

1.0 (4)

5.1 (20)

5.6 (22)

14.8 (58)

33.2 (130)

p value

0.737

0.064

0.103

<0.0001

0.013

Adjusted p value

0.938

0.154

0.149

0.010

0.014

Caucasian vs. EM

 % Caucasians

1.0 (8)

7.7 (59)

7.9 (61)

21.6 (166)

40.8 (313)

 % EM

0 (0)

1.9 (2)

2.8 (3)

10.4 (11)

17.9 (19)

 p value

0.291

0.028

0.058

0.0008

<0.0001

 Adjusted p value

1.000

0.845

0.998

0.960

0.926

Different age groups at diagnosis

 % Diagnosis <35 years

0.8 (2)

6.4 (16)

3.6 (9)

15.7 (39)

26.9 (67)

 % Diagnosis 35–45 years

0.9 (6)

7.1 (45)

8.6 (55)

21.9 (139)

42.1 (268)

 p value

0.844

0.736

0.009

0.038

<0.0001

 Adjusted p value

0.996

0.566

0.744

0.651

0.189

  1. Data are % or (number)
  2. p values highlighted in italic are considered significant
  3. TIA transient ischemic attack; CVA cerebrovascular accident; CV cardiovascular; EM ethnic minority; cardiac event a myocardial infarction or an intervention such as a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or a coronary artery bypass graft