How important is diabetes as a risk factor for cardiovascular and other diseases in older adults?

Andre Pascal Kengne; Anushka Patel

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030424

How important is diabetes as a risk factor for cardiovascular and other diseases in older adults?

PLoS Med. 2006 Oct;3(10):e424. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030424.

Authors

Andre Pascal Kengne¹, Anushka Patel

Affiliation

¹ The George Institute for International Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Abstract

Patel and Kengne discuss a new study inPLoS Medicine which found a 2-fold increased risk of cardiovascular death associated with diabetes in people over 65 years old.

Publication types

Comment
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiovascular Diseases / etiology*
Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control
Diabetes Complications* / prevention & control
Diabetes Mellitus / drug therapy
Diabetes Mellitus / mortality
Humans
Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use
Insulin / therapeutic use
Risk Factors

Substances

Hypoglycemic Agents
Insulin