Mats C. Højbjerg Lassen and Michael Colacci contributed equally, and Michael Fralick and Tor Biering-Sørensen contributed equally.

Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Mats C. Højbjerg Lassen MD, Manan Pareek MD, PhD, FAHA, Gunnar Gislason MD, PhD & Tor Biering-Sørensen MD, MSc, MPH, PhD

Center for Translational Cardiology and Pragmatic Randomized Trials, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Mats C. Højbjerg Lassen MD, Manan Pareek MD, PhD, FAHA & Tor Biering-Sørensen MD, MSc, MPH, PhD

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Mats C. Højbjerg Lassen MD

Division of General Internal Medicine, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada

Michael Colacci MD & Michael Fralick MD, PhD, SM

Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Michael Colacci MD, Stephanie G. Lee MD, MSc & Michael Fralick MD, PhD, SM

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Michael Colacci MD & Michael Fralick MD, PhD, SM

Department of Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Michael Colacci MD & Stephanie G. Lee MD, MSc

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Tor Biering-Sørensen MD, MSc, MPH, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital – Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Tor Biering-Sørensen MD, MSc, MPH, PhD

Study design and concept: MHL, MC, MF, and TBS. SGL, MP, and GG provided critical review and MP and GG helped with data access and coding. MHL performed the statistics. MHL and MC drafted the paper. All authors participated in analyzing and interpretation of the data. All authors revised the paper. All authors have approved this paper in its final submitted form.