Risk factors for coronary artery disease in non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: United Kingdom prospective diabetes study (UKPDS: 23)

Abstract

A quintet of potentially modifiable risk factors for coronary artery disease exists in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. These risk factors are increased concentrations of low density lipoprotein cholesterol, decreased concentrations of high density lipoprotein cholesterol, raised blood pressure, hyperglycaemia, and smoking.

Keywords

MedicineInternal medicineCoronary artery diseaseDiabetes mellitusCardiologyHazard ratioBlood pressureMyocardial infarctionAnginaProportional hazards modelRisk factorType 2 Diabetes MellitusConfidence intervalEndocrinology

MeSH Terms

AdultAge DistributionAgedCholesterolHDLCholesterolLDLCoronary DiseaseDiabetes MellitusType 2FemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSex DistributionUnited Kingdom

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Year: 1998
Type: article
Volume: 316
Issue: 7134
Pages: 823-828
Citations: 2022
Access: Closed

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                                    R. C. Turner, 
                                
                                    Helen Millns, 
                                
                                    H. A. W. Neil
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1998). 
                            Risk factors for coronary artery disease in non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: United Kingdom prospective diabetes study (UKPDS: 23). 
                            BMJ
                            , 316
                            (7134)
                            , 823-828.
                            https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.316.7134.823
                        

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7134.823
PMID: 9549452
PMCID: PMC28484

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