Mediation analysis of the relationship between type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality: Findings from the SMART cohort.
Shahnam SharifRolf H H GroenwoldYolanda van der GraafGijs F N BerkelmansMaarten J CramerFrank L J VisserenJan Westerinknull nullPublished in: Diabetes, obesity & metabolism (2019)
A substantial amount of the increased cardiovascular risk and all-cause mortality caused by T2D cannot be explained by traditional vascular risk factors. Future research should focus on identifying non-classical pathways that might further explain the increased cardiovascular and mortality risk caused by T2D.