Key result
Bangladeshi patients with type 2 diabetes had a significantly higher prevalence of macrovascular disease compared to white Europeans (19.5% vs 11.9%, p<0.01), alongside poorer risk factor control.
Why the study?
Do Bangladeshi patients with type 2 diabetes have worse control of cardiovascular risk factors compared to white European patients?
Cross-Sectional (n=2,074)
No
Do Bangladeshi patients with type 2 diabetes have worse control of cardiovascular risk factors compared to white European patients?
Absolute Event Rate: 19.5% vs 11.9%
p-value: p=<0.01
South Asian (Bangladeshi) patients with type 2 diabetes exhibit poorer control of cardiovascular risk factors and higher rates of macrovascular and microvascular complications compared to white Europeans.
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May warrant intensified risk factor monitoring in Bangladeshi T2D patients; leaves open whether targeted strategies reduce macrovascular events.
Chowdhury et al. (2006) conducted a cross-sectional in Type 2 diabetes (n=2,074). Bangladeshi ethnicity vs. White European ethnicity was evaluated on Macrovascular disease (p=<0.01). Bangladeshi patients with type 2 diabetes had a significantly higher prevalence of macrovascular disease compared to white Europeans (19.5% vs 11.9%, p<0.01), alongside poorer risk factor control.
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