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Good Heart News for
Diabetics
Reported November 25, 2004
(Ivanhoe Newswire)--A new study shows there has been a 50-percent decline in cardiovascular disease
events among diabetics in recent decades.Past research shows that over the past 50 years, cardiovascular disease
events including heart attacks, coronary heart disease death, and stroke have
decreased. Yet, it was not clear whether diabetics, who have up to a four-fold
increase risk of cardiovascular disease, also experienced a decline.
Researchers examined the health records of nearly 8,000 patients with
diabetes over a span of 34 years and found these patients had more of a decrease
in cardiovascular disease events than people who did not have diabetes.
Caroline S. Fox, M.D., M.P.H., co-author of the study, says, "Patients with
diabetes have benefited in a similar manner to those without diabetes during the
decline in cardiovascular disease in the United States population over the last
several decades. Although gains have been made, substantial opportunity remains
for additional progress to reduce the high absolute risk of cardiovascular
disease events in persons with diabetes."
SOURCE:
The Journal of the American Medical Association,
2004;292:2495-2499
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