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Fig. 2 | Cardiovascular Diabetology

Fig. 2

From: Diabetes status-related differences in risk factors and mediators of heart failure in the general population: results from the MORGAM/BiomarCaRE consortium

Fig. 2

Conceptual model for mediation analysis. The effect of diabetes mellitus on the incidence of heart failure is divided to direct effect and mediator-driven effect. Covariates associated with the incidence of HF are depicted on the right. An individual’s age is taken into account by using age as the time-scale in the HF-free survival model. HF heart failure, BP blood pressure, MI myocardial infarction, AF atrial fibrillation, CRP C-reactive protein, nT-proBNP n-terminal atrial natriuretic peptide, type B, hs high-sensitivity assay, TnI troponin I

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

ISSN: 1475-2840