Comparison of prognosis for men with type 2 diabetes mellitus and men with cardiovascular disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with type 2 diabetes mellitus are at high risk for cardiovascular disease. In some studies, the mortality rate among people with this condition has been equivalent to that among people with cardiovascular disease. We compared cardiovascular mortality between incident cases of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Methods

The study population was part of a random sample of 4376 men from Quebec, Canada, aged 35 to 64 years, who did not have cardiovascular disease in 1974 and who were followed until 1998. Three groups of incident cases were identified: diabetes without cardiovascular disease, first cardiovascular event (myocardial infarction, unstable angina or stroke) without diabetes, and both cardiovascular disease and diabetes. These cases were age-matched

SUBMITTER: Dagenais GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2612049 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature