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World J Diabetes. Jul 15, 2023; 14(7): 1091-1102
Published online Jul 15, 2023. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v14.i7.1091
Long-term quality-of-care score for predicting the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Pi-I Li, How-Ran Guo
Pi-I Li, Department of Family Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan 710, Taiwan
Pi-I Li, Department of Pharmacy, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan 717, Taiwan
How-Ran Guo, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan
How-Ran Guo, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan
Author contributions: Li PI and Guo HR conceived and designed the study; Li PI obtained and analyzed the data, and drafted the manuscript; Guo HR supervised the data analysis and helped interpretation of the results; Guo HR edited and revised the manuscript; both authors critically reviewed the manuscript and have approved the final version.
Supported by the Chi-Mei Medical Center, No. CMNCKU10214 and No. CMFHR112027.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved for publication by the institutional review board of the Chi-Mei Medical Center (Approval No. 10207-E01).
Informed consent statement: The medical center removed personal identifying information from the medical records before releasing them and the informed consent was waived by the institutional review board of the Chi Mei Medical Center.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors have no conflict of interest related to the manuscript.
Data sharing statement: This study is based in part on the data from the National Health Insurance Research Database provided by the Bureau of National Health Insurance, Department of Health and managed by National Health Research Institutes. The original anonymous dataset is available upon approval of the organization and with a fee.
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Corresponding author: How-Ran Guo, ScD, MD, MPH, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 138 Sheng-Li Road, Tainan 704, Taiwan. hrguo@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Received: January 10, 2023
Peer-review started: January 10, 2023
First decision: January 31, 2023
Revised: February 20, 2023
Accepted: May 17, 2023
Article in press: May 17, 2023
Published online: July 15, 2023
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally, and diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major modifiable factor. Hypothesizing that good quality of care can reduce the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with DM, we developed a long-term quality-of-care score for predicting the occurrence of AMI in patients with type 2 DM. In 7351 patients, we observed a good association between the score and the risk of AMI. Therefore, good quality of care can reduce the risk of AMI in patients with DM, and the score can be applied to guiding the care for these patients.