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. 2025 Aug;27(8):4590-4593.
doi: 10.1111/dom.16479. Epub 2025 May 19.

Adherence to physician visits for diabetes care and cardiovascular disease risk: A retrospective cohort study using an administrative claims database

Akira Okada  1 , Yusuke Otsuka  1   2 , Reiko Inoue  1 , Yohei Hashimoto  3 , Kayo Ikeda Kurakawa  1 , Hideo Yasunaga  4 , Masaomi Nangaku  5 , Toshimasa Yamauchi  6 , Satoko Yamaguchi  1 , Takashi Kadowaki  1   6   7
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Adherence to physician visits for diabetes care and cardiovascular disease risk: A retrospective cohort study using an administrative claims database

Akira Okada et al. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2025 Aug.
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Keywords: adherence; cardiovascular diseases; cohort studies; diabetes; epidemiology.

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Conflict of interest statement

A.O., Y.O., R.I., S.Y., K.I.K. and T.K. are members of the Department of Prevention of Diabetes and Lifestyle‐Related Diseases, which is a cooperative program between The University of Tokyo and Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company. Y.O. is currently employed by the Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company, and K.I.K. was previously employed by the Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company.

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Kaplan–Meier curves for the cumulative incidence of the composite outcome, comparing individuals with and without good adherence to diabetes care. The analysis was adjusted using overlap weighting based on propensity scores. Individuals with good adherence had a lower risk of the composite outcome (hazard ratio = 0.82, p = 0.002).
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