Fig. 2

Interaction between ethnicity and age at diagnosis of diabetes (P < 0.0001 for interaction) in the risk of cardiovascular events among adults in Ontario, Canada. Hazard ratios are shown for Chinese and South Asian people compared with the general population (reference) for (A) young-onset diabetes and (B) usual-onset diabetes. *includes coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, stroke, peripheral revascularization, or non-traumatic and non-malignant lower extremity amputation. Amputation and peripheral revascularization were rare (see Additional file 1: Table S2 for these secondary outcomes)