Prevalence of Self-Reported Cardiovascular Disease Among Persons Aged ≥35 Years With Diabetes—United States, 1997-2005

Burrows et al summarize the results of CDC's assessment of trends in prevalence of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) among persons with diabetes in the US from 1997-2005. Although the number of persons aged ≥35 years with diagnosed diabetes who reported having CVD...

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Published inJAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 299; no. 1; pp. 32 - 33
Main Authors Burrows, NR, Parekh, S, Li, Y, Geiss, LS
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago American Medical Association 02.01.2008
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Cardiovascular disease
Diabetes
Disease control
Health promotion
Public health
United States > US
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Summary:Burrows et al summarize the results of CDC's assessment of trends in prevalence of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) among persons with diabetes in the US from 1997-2005. Although the number of persons aged ≥35 years with diagnosed diabetes who reported having CVD increased 36% during 1997-2005, the age-adjusted prevalence decreased 11%; however, the decrease in CVD prevalence did not occur in all subpopulations with diabetes. The decrease in CVD prevalence indicates that the increase in the number of persons with diagnosed diabetes exceeded the increase in the number of persons with diagnosed diabetes who reported having a CVD. Thus, continued interventions are needed to reduce modifiable CVD risk factors among persons with diabetes, better control diabetes, and decrease CVD prevalence further. A CDC editorial note is also included.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.299.1.32