Diabetes Risk Factors

Diabetes underdiagnosed in coronary artery disease patients

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, December 1st, 2003

Preliminary findings from the European Society of Cardiology Euro Heart Survey entitled "Diabetes and the Heart" suggest that diabetes is not only grossly underdiagnosed in coronary artery disease patients, but these individuals also receive substandard care of their underlying cardiovascular disease.

The major risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes concern the same lifestyle factors - exercise, diet and tobacco consumption - and the diseases themselves commonly present in parallel. It is estimated that 150 million people worldwide have diabetes and this number is set to double to 300 million by 2025, a rate that the International Diabetes Federation...

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