Short-Term Risk for Stroke Is Doubled in Persons With Newly Treated Type 2 Diabetes Compared With Persons Without Diabetes
Author(s) -
Thomas Jeerakathil,
Jeffrey Johnson,
Scot H. Simpson,
Sumit R. Majumdar
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.106.481390
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , stroke (engine) , term (time) , stroke risk , type 1 diabetes , ischemic stroke , endocrinology , ischemia , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
Cardiovascular risk factors are suboptimally treated in diabetes, possibly because of the impression that there is a long delay between diagnosis and the development of macrovascular complications such as stroke. We determined the incidence of stroke in people newly treated for type 2 diabetes.
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