Cardiovascular risk thresholds for intensifying primary care encounter frequency for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a target trial emulation
When adopting a less stringent CVD risk threshold of 30% to intensify encounter frequency, we found progressively increasing risks with age for 5-year CVD incidence, and age 60 years appears to be a point where the risk becomes pronounced. Our findings suggest that a less stringent threshold could be considered for patients with T2DM who are younger than 60 years but not for those older than 60 years.
Authors
- Wanchun Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6183-571X)
- Cindy Lo Kuen Lam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7536-8481)
- Eric Yuk Fai Wan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6275-1147)
- Peter Tanuseputro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4409-0795)
- Emily Tsui Yee Tse
Institutions
- Advanced Materials Enterprises (China) (CN)
- University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital (CN)
- Institut du Savoir Montfort (CA)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Published
- 2025-09-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.241703
- Primary Topic
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Hospital Authority