Note: PY, person-years; IR, incidence rate, per 100 person-years; HR,
hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; Abbreviations: HCC =
hepatocellular carcinoma, MACE = major adverse cardiac event, including
stroke, ischemic heart disease, and heart failure.
†Adjusted for age, sex, index year, age of diabetes
mellitus diagnosis, DM duration (years), antihypertensive drugs (ACE
inhibitors, ARBs, β-blockers, calcium-channel blockers, diuretics, other
antihypertensive), antidiabetic drugs (metformin, sulfonylureas,
meglitinides, TZD, α-glucosidase inhibitor, DPP-4 inhibitors), statin,
and aspirin, CCI (0, 1, ≥2), DCSI score (0, 1, ≥2), HBV and HCV.