New and known type 2 diabetes as coronary heart disease equivalent: results from 7.6 year follow up in a middle east population

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To investigate whether the known diabetes mellitus (KDM) or newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus (NDM) could be regarded as a coronary heart disease (CHD) risk equivalent among a relatively young Middle East population with high prevale...

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Main Authors: Sheikholeslami Farhad, Khalili Davood, Fahimfar Nooshin, Hadaegh Farzad, Azizi Fereidoun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Online Access:http://www.cardiab.com/content/9/1/84