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August 1, 1998Diabetes Care

Ethnicity and Cardiovascular Disease: The incidence of myocardial infarction in white, South Asian, and Afro-Caribbean patients with type 2 diabetes (U.K. Prospective Diabetes Study 32)

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Why the study?

Does ethnicity affect the risk of myocardial infarction in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes?

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4,974 patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, aged 25-65 years, recruited from 23 clinics around the…

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Ethnicity may modify MI risk in new T2D; leaves open targeted prevention strategies pending prospective validation.

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Does ethnicity affect the risk of myocardial infarction in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes?

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Population
4,974 patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, aged 25-65 years, recruited from 23 clinics around the U.K. (82% white, 10% South Asians, 8% Afro-Caribbeans).
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Comparator
White ethnicity
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Outcome
Fatal and first nonfatal myocardial infarctionhard clinical

In U.K. patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, Afro-Caribbean ethnicity is associated with a significantly lower risk of myocardial infarction compared to white ethnicity, while South Asian ethnicity carries a similar risk.

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A 1998 study studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ccc8a7418813c518ced42https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.21.8.1271
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