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ArticleBMJ open diabetes research & care2021

Development of a predictive risk model for all-cause mortality in patients with diabetes in Hong Kong.

Sharen Lee, Jiandong Zhou, Keith Sai Kit Leung, William Ka Kei Wu, Wing Tak Wong, Tong Liu, Ian Chi Kei Wong, Kamalan Jeevaratnam, Qingpeng Zhang, Gary Tse

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  1. Prognostic models for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in type 2 diabetes: Systematic review.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2026
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10 authors.

Sharen LeeCardiovascular Analytics Group, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology, Hong Kong.
Jiandong ZhouSchool of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Keith Sai Kit LeungAston Medical School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4232-763X
William Ka Kei WuFaculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Wing Tak WongSchool of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Tong LiuDepartment of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Ian Chi Kei WongLi Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Kamalan JeevaratnamFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK.
Qingpeng ZhangSchool of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong garytse86@gmail.com qingpeng.zhang@cityu.edu.hk.
Gary TseCardiovascular Analytics Group, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology, Hong Kong garytse86@gmail.com qingpeng.zhang@cityu.edu.hk.ORCID 0000-0001-5510-1253

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introductionPatients with diabetes mellitus are risk of premature death. In this study, we developed a machine learning-driven predictive risk model for all-cause mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus using multiparametric approach with data from different domains. RESEARCH DESIGN AND

methodsThis study used territory-wide data of patients with type 2 diabetes attending public hospitals or their associated ambulatory/outpatient facilities in Hong Kong between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009. The primary outcome is all-cause mortality. The association of risk variables and all-cause mortality was assessed using Cox proportional hazards models. Machine and deep learning approaches were used to improve overall survival prediction and were evaluated with fivefold cross validation method.

resultsA total of 273 678 patients (mean age: 65.4±12.7 years, male: 48.2%, median follow-up: 142 (IQR=106-142) months) were included, with 91 155 deaths occurring on follow-up (33.3%; annualized mortality rate: 3.4%/year; 2.7 million patient-years). Multivariate Cox regression found the following significant predictors of all-cause mortality: age, male gender, baseline comorbidities, anemia, mean values of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, total cholesterol, triglyceride, HbA1c and fasting blood glucose (FBG), measures of variability of both HbA1c and FBG. The above parameters were incorporated into a score-based predictive risk model that had a c-statistic of 0.73 (95% CI 0.66 to 0.77), which was improved to 0.86 (0.81 to 0.90) and 0.87 (0.84 to 0.91) using random survival forests and deep survival learning models, respectively.

conclusionsA multiparametric model incorporating variables from different domains predicted all-cause mortality accurately in type 2 diabetes mellitus. The predictive and modeling capabilities of machine/deep learning survival analysis achieved more accurate predictions.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2AgedCholesterol, HDLHong KongHumansMaleMiddle AgedProportional Hazards ModelsRisk FactorsCholesterol, HDLepidemiologyrisk factors

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