www.diabetesclinic.ca Haffner Am J Cardiol 1999;84:11J-4J. Framingham study: diabetes and CAD mortality at 20-year follow-up Cardiovascular Disease Ri
{"Image DocumentName": "Cardiovascular Disease Risk is Increased 2 to 4 Times", "Image ImageDescription": "Framingham study: diabetes and CAD mortality at 20-year follow-up. Cardiovascular Disease Risk is Increased 2 to 4 Times. Physicians managing patients with diabetes are well aware of the significant relationship between diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease is 2- to 4-fold higher than in age- and sex-matched individuals without diabetes.1-3 Twenty-year follow-up mortality data from the Framingham study emphasizes the significantly increased risk of CAD mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Men and women with diabetes are more likely to experience silent ischemia and myocardial infarction (MI) and the outcome of an infarction is worse than in individuals without diabetes. After an acute MI, people with diabetes are at greater risk for congestive heart failure, recurrent infarction, arrhythmias and have lower overall survival rates.3 About 75% to 80% of individuals with diabetes die from coronary artery, cerebrovascular or peripheral vascular diseases.2. References: 1. Haffner SM. Epidemiology of insulin resistance and its relation to coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol 1999;84:11J-4J. 2. Edmonds M. Dyslipidemia in diabetes mellitus. Can J CME 1997;Aug: Meltzer S, et al clinical practice guidelines for the management of diabetes in Canada. CMAJ 1998;159(Suppl):S Haffner Am J Cardiol 1999;84:11J-4J.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}