Trends in mortality, cardiovascular complications, and risk factors in type 2 diabetes.

Background: Quality of diabetes care in the Netherlands ranked second in the Euro Diabetes Index 2014, but data on outcomes are lacking. We assessed trends in cardiovascular disease and mortality among type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients in the context of risk factor control.

Methods: Annual cohorts of adult T2DM patients were constructed from the PHARMO Database Network.