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The validity of aDCSI in predicting cause-specific mortality has yet to be verified. Additionally, the performance of aDCSI in predicting patient outcomes compared with Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) remains unknown.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Research design and methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Patients aged 20 years or older with type 2 diabetes prior to January 1, 2008 were identified from the Taiwan National Health Insurance claims data and were followed up until December 15, 2018. Complications for aDCSI including cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular disease, metabolic disease, nephropathy, retinopathy and neuropathy, along with comorbidities for CCI, were collected. HRs of death were estimated using Cox regression. 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Models incorporating both scores had even better performance, but the HR of aDCSI for cancer (0.98, 0.97 to 0.98) and the HRs of CCI for CVD (1.03, 1.02 to 1.03) and diabetes mortality (1.02, 1.02 to 1.03) became neutral. 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