Mortality associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease in older women.

Mortality associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease in older women.

Current guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) recommend diabetes as a CVD risk equivalent. However, reports that have examined the risk of diabetes in comparison to pre-existing CVD are lacking among older women. We aimed to assess whether diabetes was associated with a simil...

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Main Authors: David Nanchen, Nicolas Rodondi, Jacques Cornuz, Teresa Hillier, Kristine E Ensrud, Jane A Cauley, Douglas C Bauer, Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3492230?pdf=render

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