Introduction
CVDs, premature death, Cardiovascular diseases
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CVD, DIABETES MELLITUS (DM), SECONDARY, EVENTS
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of premature death (Large-scale observational studies show that patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) have a drastically increased risk of cardiovascular events and CVD mortality (This secondary analysis of the PreFord study data explores the direct effects of the study’s 15-week multimodal lifestyle intervention on the ESC-SCORE and other health-related variables in the pre-DM/DM subgroup. Long-term effects on the individual cardiovascular risks and the program’s efficiency for patients with pre-DM/DM are discussed, considering that aggressive programs for lifestyle changes are urgently needed to account for an increasing incidence and prevalence of DM (