Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Individuals With and Without Diabetes Mellitus in the Framingham Heart Study | Zendy

Sarah R. Preis | Zendy; Michael Pencina | Zendy; ShihJen Hwang | Zendy; Ralph B. D’Agostino | Zendy; Peter J. Savage | Zendy; Daniel Levy | Zendy; Caroline S. Fox | Zendy

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Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Individuals With and Without Diabetes Mellitus in the Framingham Heart Study

Author(s) -

Sarah R. Preis,

Michael Pencina,

ShihJen Hwang,

Ralph B. D’Agostino,

Peter J. Savage,

Daniel Levy,

Caroline S. Fox

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.846519

Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , medicine , body mass index , framingham heart study , risk factor , framingham risk score , blood pressure , relative risk , disease , endocrinology , cardiology , confidence interval

Individuals with diabetes mellitus are at 2- to 3-fold increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) relative to those without diabetes. Our objective was to examine CVD risk factor level changes among individuals with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus from 1970 to 2005 in the Framingham Heart Study.

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