Editorial
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Gastroenterol. Jun 7, 2015; 21(21): 6434-6443
Published online Jun 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i21.6434
Figure 4
Figure 4 Temporal trend of all-cause mortality in the 7148 type 2 diabetic patients from the Verona Diabetes Study as a function of treatment, a proxy of disease progression. To plot the estimated hazard function, a kernel smooth was used with a bandwidth of 1.5 mo for the groups treated with diet and oral hypoglycemic drugs, and 4 mo for the group treated with insulin.