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. 2025 Dec 5;12:89. doi: 10.1186/s40779-025-00674-4

Table 3.

Adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for CVD mortality and life expectancy at age 50, according to the number of low-risk lifestyle factors, among patients with T2D, stratified by metabolic risk factor control*

Cohorts Subgroups Person-year CVD mortality All-cause mortality Life expectancy [years (95% CI)]
Death (n) HR (95% CI) Death (n) HR (95% CI) Male Female
CCDRFS
Optimal metabolic risk factor control
 0–1 low-risk lifestyle factors 7622 45 Reference 119 Reference 23.4 (22.6–24.0) 26.3 (26.9–28.3)
 2–3 low-risk lifestyle factors 13,879 38 0.28 (0.14–0.57) 121 0.53 (0.35–0.80) 29.0 (26.2–31.8) 33.4 (30.6–36.2)
Suboptimal metabolic risk factor control
 0–1 low-risk lifestyle factors 39,947 346 Reference 762 Reference 24.0 (22.7–25.2) 28.4 (26.9–29.7)
 2–3 low-risk lifestyle factors 87,968 513 0.79 (0.61–1.01) 1074 0.72 (0.60–0.86) 26.0 (24.7–27.9) 30.5 (28.0–32.6)
USA NHANES
Optimal metabolic risk factor control
 0–1 low-risk lifestyle factors 2428 50 Reference 96 Reference 26.0 (23.7–28.3) 29.5 (27.3–31.5)
 2–3 low-risk lifestyle factors 1966 19 0.43 (0.21–0.87) 47 0.54 (0.38–0.76) 32.2 (29.2–34.9) 35.1 (32.6–37.6)
Suboptimal metabolic risk factor control
 0–1 low-risk lifestyle factors 25,774 334 Reference 1050 Reference 25.2 (24.5–25.9) 28.8 (28.1–29.5)
 2–3 low-risk lifestyle factors 15,789 159 0.77 (0.61–0.97) 421 0.67 (0.58–0.78) 29.4 (29.0–29.7) 32.6 (32.3–32.9)
UK Biobank
Optimal metabolic risk factor control
 0–1 low-risk lifestyle factors 15,412 53 Reference 189 Reference 28.4 (28.2–28.6) 31.2 (31.0–31.3)
 2–3 low-risk lifestyle factors 12,505 23 0.62 (0.38–1.03) 94 0.79 (0.67–0.93) 31.7 (31.5–31.9) 34.3 (34.1–34.4)
Suboptimal metabolic risk factor control
 0–1 low-risk lifestyle factors 157,328 873 Reference 2733 Reference 26.7 (26.6–26.7) 29.5 (29.4–29.5)
 2–3 low-risk lifestyle factors 89,750 326 0.74 (0.65–0.84) 944 0.65 (0.60–0.71) 30.0 (29.5–30.5) 32.7 (32.2–33.1)

*The term “optimal metabolic risk factor control” refers to individuals who have achieved optimal levels of all three metabolic risk factors, namely blood glucose, blood pressure, and lipid levels. Conversely, “suboptimal risk factor control” is defined as individuals who have not achieved optimal levels of all these metabolic risk factors. HRs were adjusted for age, sex, race (not adjusted in CCDRFS), residence area (adjusted in CCDRFS only), education level, economic status, history of CVD and cancer, and diabetes duration (not adjusted in CCDRFS). T2D type 2 diabetes, CVD cardiovascular disease, CCDRFS China Chronic Disease and Risk Factors Surveillance, NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey