Among the diabetic patients, predictors for 10 years’ mortality were higher on EuroSCORE (HR 1.37 95% CI 1.3–1.45, p < 0.001), hyperlipidemia (HR 1.45 95% CI 1.06–1.97, p = 0.021) and insulin treatment (HR 2.11 95% CI 1.34–3.3, p = 0.001). Here, INS is linked to hyperlipidemia.