When a patient died during the study time, but the cause of death was not coded with one of the ICD-10 codes above, this was defined as non-cardiovascular mortality. Follow-up for mortality was complete until the 1st of January 2015. Assessment of covariates We used interviews, physical ...
We evaluated the combination of NT-proBNP and coronary artery calcium score (CAC) for prediction of combined fatal and non-fatal CVD and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria (>30 mg/24-h), but without known coronary artery disease. Moreover, we assessed the ...