Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 6th, 2005
According to published research from the United States, "Most excess mortality associated with diabetes mellitus results from cardiovascular diseases, several risk factors of which are modifiable in diabetes mellitus patients, including dyslipidemia characterized by increased levels of triglycerides (TGs), reduced high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels, and smaller, denser, more atherogenic low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) particles. Lipid management focuses on reduction of LDL-C, with low levels of HDL-C or high TGs...
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