Fig. 2

Associations of degree of joint risk factor control with risk for all-cause mortality and cause-specific mortality in diabetes patients (n = 18,535) compared with matched non-diabetes patients (n = 91,745) via multivariable model. CVD: cardiovascular disease. Multivariable model: adjusted for age, sex, ethnic background, Townsend deprivation index, BMI, alcohol intake, healthy diet score, physical activity, diabetes duration, diabetes medication use, antihypertensive medication, cholesterol-lowering medication, number of medications and number of operations