A cross-sectional study on the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in elderly patients with long-term type 2 diabetes mellitus mainly attended in private clinics in Mexico. The CAPTURE study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participate“The study in Mexico was approved by the regulatory authorities (Cofepris) and the research and ethics committee of each participating center. All participants provided written informed consent prior to inclusion. A total of 32 sites (6 specialized diabetes treatment centers and 26 primary care centers) distributed all around Mexico with 91 investigators and assistant investigators participated in the study. Patients were recruited from December 2018 to September 2019.” Consent for publicationJosé L. Arenas-León; Enrique C. Morales-Villegas; Ernesto G. Cardona-Muñoz; Marco A. Alcocer-Gamba; Juan P. Ramirez-Contreras; Aleida Y. Contreras-Sandoval; Guillermo González-Galvez give their full consent for publication. Competing interestsJosé L. Arenas-León ; Enrique C. Morales-Villegas; Ernesto G. Cardona-Muñoz; Marco A. Alcocer-Gamba and Guillermo González-Galvez have not competing interests for this publication. Juan P. Ramirez-Contreras and Aleida Y. Contreras-Sandoval are employees of Novonordisk. Competing interests José L. Arenas-León ; Enrique C. Morales-Villegas; Ernesto G. Cardona-Muñoz; Marco A. Alcocer-Gamba and Guillermo González-Galvez have not competing interests for this publication. Juan P. Ramirez-Contreras and Aleida Y. Contreras-Sandoval are employees of Novonordisk."

"Funding Editorial assistance was funded by Novonordisk. Novonordisk did not have any impact or influence on data acquisition, analyses or interpretation of the results."