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Obesity and Diabetes
New obesity and diabetes study results reported from F. Valdescanedo et al
December 10th, 2007
According to recent research from La Coruna, Spain, "The aims of this study were to quantify the incidence of cardiovascular events and identify the clinical relevance of modifiable variables. The 1729 patients who underwent renal transplantation from 1981 to 2004 were evaluated in an observational, prospective follow-up study with no exclusions." "A cardiovascular event was defined as the presence of ischemic cardiac disease (chest pain-myocardial infarction), cardiac insufficiency, arrhythmia (auricular fibrillation), peripheral vascular disease, or cerebrovascular accident. A survival analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier method. A Cox regression analysis was...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2007-12-10)
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