Open AccessDevelopment and Validation of an All-Cause Mortality Risk Score in Type 2 Diabetes<subtitle>The Hong Kong Diabetes Registry</subtitle>
Author(s) -
Xilin Yang,
Wing Yee So,
Peter C.Y. Tong,
Rong Ma,
Alice P.S. Kong,
Christopher WaiKei Lam,
Chung Shun Ho,
Clive S. Cockram,
Gary T.C. Ko,
ChunChung Chow,
Vivian Wong,
Juliana C.N. Chan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.168.5.451
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , mortality rate , type 2 diabetes , receiver operating characteristic , proportional hazards model , cause of death , disease , endocrinology
Diabetes reduces life expectancy by 10 to 12 years, but whether death can be predicted in type 2 diabetes mellitus remains uncertain.