Comparison of different vascular risk engines in the identification of type 2 diabetes patients with high cardiovascular risk

Table 1 Variables considered in each cardiovascular risk engine

	REGICOR	UKPDS	ADVANCE
Age	×	×	×
Age of DM2 diagnosis	−	×	×
Gender	×	×	×
Ethnicity	−	×	−
Tobacco	×	×	−
SBP	×	×	*
Total cholesterol	×	*	*
Time of evolution of DM2	−	×	×
HbA1c	−	×	×
Antihypertensive treatment	−	−	×
Microalbuminuria	−	−	×
Retinopathy	−	−	×
Atrial fibrillation	−	−	×

(×): included variable; (−): variable not included; (*): included variable with some modifications
DM2 diabetes mellitus type 2, SBP systolic blood pressure

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