The Combination of Framingham Risk Score and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Improves the Prediction of Cardiovascular Events in PatientsWith Type 2 Diabetes

Identification of patients with a high probability of developing cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is important for efficient treatment of type 2 diabetes. Although the Framingham risk score (FRS) is considered a useful tool for quantitative assessment of the risk for CVD in the general populations (1,2), the score does not have sufficient power to predict future onset of CVD in type 2 diabetic patients (3–5). In the current study, we first determined the incidence of CVD in a cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes and then compared the prediction of CVD by FRS alone, the combination of FRS with carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), and the combination of FRS and brachialankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV).