Diabetes Almost Doubles Risk Of Heart Attack And Stroke
Posted Jun 27 2010 3:58am
Diabetes almost doubles the risk of heart attack and stroke ... and ... only a small part of the risk can be attributed to triglycerides, blood pressure and obesity.
The study was a meta-analysis in which records of almost 700,000 patients were analyzed (follow-up was about ten years).
“Little of the vascular risk associated with diabetes is explained in markers of obesity, lipids, blood pressure, inflammation or renal function. Outstanding uncertainties include consideration of diabetes type and duration,” Nadeem Sarwar, PhD, lecturer in CV epidemiology at the University of Cambridge, England, said at the Joint ADA/The Lancet Symposium.
According to the researchers’ estimations, diabetes accounted for 11% of vascular deaths, at an adult population-wide prevalence of 10%.
It should be noted that we're not big fans of meta-analyses .
The study was a meta-analysis in which records of almost 700,000 patients were analyzed (follow-up was about ten years).
It should be noted that we're not big fans of meta-analyses .
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