The proportion of cardiovascular disease attributable to diabetes mellitus has increased over the past 50 years in the Framingham cohort, highlighting the need for aggressive prevention and risk factor control.
The proportion of CVD attributable to DM has increased over the past 50 years in Framingham. These findings emphasize the need for increased efforts to prevent DM and to aggressively treat and control CVD risk factors among those with DM.
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