Table 5.

Characteristics and findings of the studies examining the association between cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

Work	Year	Study	Design	Sample size (%DM)	%M/W	Age (Years)	Ethnicity	Follow-up duration (Years)	Adjusted variables	Findings
[141]	2007	ARIC [36]	PCS	11297 (11.52%)	M/W	45–64	Blacks and Whites (USA)	9	Age, sex, race, smoking, alcohol consumption, educational level, leisure index, BMI, WHR, systolic and diastolic pressure, triglycerides, HDL, glucose, hypertension, WBC count, and fibrinogen	CHD risk score $<$-0.5 −0.5 to 0.49 $⩾$0.5	HR 1.0 1.23 (0.98–1.54) 1.43 (1.03–1.99)

ARIC-Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities, CDH-Coronary Heart Disease, M-Men, W-Women, PCS-Prospective Cohort Study.