Predictors of overall mortality in type 2 diabetes mellitus by univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis using “survival in years” ( = standard method) and using “standardised survival time”.

Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; NS, not significant.aThe standardised survival time was calculated as the ratio between the observed survival time of an individual and the median residual life span of individuals with the same age in the general population.