Diabetes is strongly associated with incident coronary artery calcium and with progression in the amount of coronary artery calcium.

Coronary artery calcium can be used to improve the prediction of incident cardiovascular disease among adults with diabetes.

Diabetes remains an independent risk factor for incident cardiovascular disease, even after accounting for the increased burden of subclinical atherosclerosis.

Inflammatory markers, ethnic-specific waist circumference thresholds, depression, and neighborhood characteristics are associated with incident diabetes.