Fig. 1.

Age-sex standardised proportions [% (95 CI)] of macrovascular diseases at diagnosis for patients with T2DM and their matched controls, separately for each ethnic group. a The proportion of patients with at least one episode of a macrovascular event at diagnosis; b The proportion of patients with two or more episodes of a macrovascular disease events at diagnosis. [HF Heart failure; MACE Three (3) point major cardiovascular event defined as the occurrence of myocardial infarction, heart failure or stroke before diagnosis]. WE White European; AC African-Caribbean; SA South Asian