Precision cardiovascular risk prediction in type 1 diabetes: An IMI2 SOPHIA analysis

S Sofia Pazmino S Stefanie Schmid J Jordi Blanch D Daniel Coral N Nele Steenackers N Nicole Forestier L Laura Gallardo-Nuell N Naichuan Zhang B Birgit Reinhart-Steininger Y Yenny Leal A Amar van Laar R Rafael Ramos S Shreekar Bharadwaj Araveti D Ditte F. Heidemann K Kinga Nowak J Jonathan Rosen C Carmen Hurtado del Pozo C Christian-Dominik Möller C Chantal Mathieu (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium) C Carel W. le Roux (University College Dublin School of Medicine, Dublin) P Paul W. Franks J Jose Manuel Fernandez-Real S Stefanie Lanzinger B Bart Van der Schueren

Abstract

Abstract Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major long-term complication and the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D), with a substantially higher prevalence compared to the general population and driven by multiple interrelated risk factors—underscoring the urgent need for accurate risk assessment. To support more tailored approaches to CVD prevention, recently, five discordant phenotypic risk profiles for CVD were identified in the general population in Europe with diverse relationship between body mass index and cardiometabolic biomarkers. Here, we show their applicability in 44,212 people with T1D. Improved glycemic control was linked to a decrease in CVD risk as people with T1D with lower glycated hemoglobin belonged to the baseline concordant cluster. This supports the contention that glycemic control in people with T1D is an integral part of lowering CVD risk.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 17, Issue 1
Published April 16, 2026
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

Journal Info

Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (24)

S

Sofia Pazmino

S

Stefanie Schmid

J

Jordi Blanch

D

Daniel Coral

N

Nele Steenackers

N

Nicole Forestier

L

Laura Gallardo-Nuell

N

Naichuan Zhang

B

Birgit Reinhart-Steininger

Y

Yenny Leal

A

Amar van Laar

R

Rafael Ramos

S

Shreekar Bharadwaj Araveti

D

Ditte F. Heidemann

K

Kinga Nowak

J

Jonathan Rosen

C

Carmen Hurtado del Pozo

C

Christian-Dominik Möller

C

Chantal Mathieu

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

C

Carel W. le Roux

University College Dublin School of Medicine, Dublin

P

Paul W. Franks

J

Jose Manuel Fernandez-Real

S

Stefanie Lanzinger

B

Bart Van der Schueren