Age at diagnosis, diabetes duration and the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study

CONCLUSION: Age at diagnosis, diabetes duration, hypertension and hyperlipidemia were independent risks of CVD. Longest (>15 years) diabetes duration increased the high risk of ten-year ASCVD prediction among Chinese patients with DM. It's urgent to emphasize the importance of age at diagnosis and diabetes duration to improve primary complication of diabetes.PMID:37223032 | PMC:PMC10200881 | DOI:10.3389/fendo.2023.1131395

Source: Atherosclerosis - May 24, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Xuelin Yao Jie Zhang Xiaoqian Zhang Tian Jiang Yi Zhang Fang Dai Honglin Hu Qiu Zhang Source Type: research