Parameter estimates of the risk equations for first and second stroke and NAIHD events.

All covariates are significant at the 5% level. Weibull proportional hazards regression with the Prentice, Williams, and Peterson gap time model was used for estimation. Abbreviations: NAIHD, non-acute ischaemic heart disease; HF, heart failure; AMI, acute myocardial infarction; TC/HDL, total to HDL cholesterol ratio. a. not significant, but significant interaction with macroalbuminuria; b. applied as splines in the equation; c. history of event before diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.