A Study of People With Type 2 Diabetes Who Have Diseases That Affect the Heart and Blood Vessels. The Study Will Also Look at the Treatment of a Group of These People in Hospitals in Portugal

An Observational Cross-sectional Study to Estimate the Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and CV Risk Factors in T2DM Patients Including a Retrospective Phase to Evaluate the Clinical Management of a Subgroup of Patients in the Hospital Setting in Portugal

This study aims to estimate the number of patients with cardiovascular disease and risk factors in patients who had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Simultaneously, this study also intends to obtain more information about the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with established cardiovascular disease. This study is non-interventional, which means that will not require participant's further related visits or procedures. The study will collect the participant's clinical data from the current visit and, when applicable, within the last 3 years.

Inclusion Criteria:

Main study population (Data collection - Prevalence):

• Signed Informed Consent Form (ICF) obtained before any study-related activities (study-related activities are any procedures related to recording of data according to protocol)
• Male or female patient, age greater or equal to 18 years at the time of signing ICF
• Patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes

Subgroup (Data collection - Patient management):

• Patients followed at the hospital setting by the endocrinologist or internal medicine specialist (ambulatory diabetes management) and with available medical records, retrospectively within the last three years
• Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and established cardiovascular disease diagnosed at least three years ago

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous participation in this study. Participation is defined as signed ICF
• Female patient who is pregnant or breast-feeding
• Patients with type 1 diabetes
• Participation in a clinical trial within the last 3 years