Causes of death in these records adhere to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). All-cause mortality includes fatalities due to any fundamental reason, while deaths attributed to cardiovascular issues are explicitly categorized using ICD-10 codes I00-I09, I11, I13...
The eMERGE phenotype definition for diabetes was used to identify patients for the study [30]. Exclusion criteria included: (a) pregnancy, (b) any mental state that would restrict the subject from consenting for the study, (c) known chronic gut-related diseases irrelevant to diabetes (including...