Incidence and determinants of mortality and cardiovascular events in diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis

• Published in: Vascular medicine (London) Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 67 - 75
• Main Authors: Kanters, Suzan DJM, Banga, Jan-Dirk, Stolk, Ronald P, Algra, Ale
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks, CA Sage Publications 01.05.1999; Arnold
• Subjects: Associated diseases and complications; Biological and medical sciences; Cerebrovascular Disorders - mortality; Confidence Intervals; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - mortality; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - mortality; Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance; Diabetic Angiopathies - mortality; Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases); Endocrinopathies; Global Health; Humans; Incidence; Medical sciences; Myocardial Infarction - mortality; Poisson Distribution; mortality; cardiovascular disease; determinants; diabetes; incidence; Endocrinopathy; Vascular disease; Human; Prognosis; Diabetes mellitus; Mortality; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Complication; Metaanalysis

Patients with diabetes mellitus are at increased risk of developing atherosclerotic disease. The extent of this additional risk and its determinants are not well known, but this information is needed for sample-size estimations in intervention studies. Therefore, a meta-analysis of epidemiologic stu...