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Algorithm of the JJ risk engine. The JJ risk engine calculates t-year probabilities of fatal and non-fatal coronary heart disease, fatal and non-fatal stroke, non-cardiovascular mortality, overt nephropathy defined by persistent proteinuria and progression of retinopathy by inputting a covariate vector X and a time point for prediction t (i.e. the formula calculates 5-year probability if t=5) into the formula shown below. 2 Specifically, define X={sex (man=0, woman=1), age, HbA1C, years after diagnosis, BMI<18.5 kg/m (yes=1, no=0), BMI≥25 kg/m2 (yes=1, no=0), systolic blood pressure, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, log-transformed urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio, atrial fibrillation (yes=1, no=0), current smoker (yes=1, no=0), leisure time physical activity (≥3.8METs-h/wk=1, otherwise=0) }. Let βjk be a vector of log hazard ratios for transition from state j to k; the state indexed by j=1…7 represent the initial state, presence of Stage 1 or 4 retinopathy, fatal and non-fatal coronary heart disease, fatal and non-fatal stroke, non-cardiovascular mortality, overt nephropathy defined by persistent proteinuria and progression of retinopathy, respectively. The states j=3…7 were assumed to be absorbing. The estimated hazard ratios for the JJ risk engine, exp(βjk), are provided in Table 1. Let λ0jk(t) be a baseline transition intensity for transition from state j to k. Then, the cause-specific transition intensity for a patient with covariate Xi is written as λijk(t)=λ0jk(t)exp(Xiβjk). Let Pijk(s, t) be the probability for the patient i of transition from state j to k during time interval between t and s. The t-year probability of state k is calculated by t u P1k (0,t) = exp{− ∑ λ1l (v)dv}{λ1k (u) + λ12 (u)P2k (u,t)}du ∫0 ∫0 l where j=1 denotes the initial state and j =2 denotes the state of Stage 1 or 4 retinopathy. Note that the t- year probability represents the probability of first occurrence of the kth event within t years and the t- year disease-free probability is obtained by . 1− (0, ) ∑k P1k t

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