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Temporal trend of all-cause mortality in the 7148 type 2 diabetic patients from the Verona Diabetes Study as a function of treatment, a proxy of disease progression. To plot the estimated hazard function, a kernel smooth was used with a bandwidth of 1.5 mo for the groups treated with diet and oral hypoglycemic drugs, and 4 mo for the group treated with insulin.
