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Heart Condition Saturday: Diabetes

]]> Diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) go hand-in-hand. People with diabetes are two to four times more likely to develop CVD with CVD being the leading cause of death in diabetic individuals.

Cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, physical inactivity, abnormal blood lipid pattern, hypertension and smoking predispose a person to atherosclerosis. Evidence also suggests that insulin resistance itself, independent of other risk factors, could be a major determinant of atherosclerosis.

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Heart Condition Saturday: Diabetes

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