Patients with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome – management recommendations for reducing cardiovascular risk – Richard Hobbs, Eleanor McGregor, John Betteridge
Diabetes mellitus, in particular type 2 diabetes but also type 1 diabetes after the age of 40, confers substantial cardiovascular risk. In people with diabetes, at least in those who have had the disease for a few years, and no history of coronary heart disease, the risk of myocardial infarction is similar to that in non-diabetic patients with manifest cardiovascular disease. Intensive management of cardiovascular risk factors is, therefore, widely recommended for individuals with diabetes.
