Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes and in Nondiabetic Subjects with and without Prior Myocardial Infarction
Why the study?
Do diabetic patients without previous myocardial infarction have as high a risk of myocardial infarction as nondiabetic patients with previous myocardial infarction?
Population
Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes and nondiabetic subjects with and without prior myocardial infarction
Design
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Discussion
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Implication
Supports considering diabetes a CAD equivalent for risk stratification; extends observational data but remains hypothesis-generating.
Structured PICO
Do diabetic patients without previous myocardial infarction have as high a risk of myocardial infarction as nondiabetic patients with previous myocardial infarction?
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Population
Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes and nondiabetic subjects with and without prior myocardial infarction
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Comparator
Nondiabetic subjects with previous myocardial infarction
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Outcome
Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease and risk of myocardial infarctionhard clinical
Type 2 diabetes confers a risk of myocardial infarction equivalent to that of a prior myocardial infarction in nondiabetic patients, providing a rationale for aggressive cardiovascular risk factor management.
Cite This Study
Haffner et al. (1998) studied this question.