BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes has been described as a coronary heart disease
(CHD)“risk equivalent.” We tested whether cardiovascular and all-cause mortality rates were …

Background Few data are available on the long-term impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus on
total mortality and fatal coronary heart disease (CHD) in women. Methods We examined …

Purpose The purpose of the study was to investigate secular changes in coronary heart
disease (CHD) incidence and mortality among adults with and without diabetes and to …

OBJECTIVE—To compare the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) death and the impact of
hyperglycemia on the risk of CVD mortality associated with type 1 diabetes to that …

Objectives: The goal of this study was to examine the impact of diabetes and prior
myocardial infarction (MI) on mortality in men. Background: Previous studies have …

OBJECTIVE—Cardiovascular risk associated with new-onset diabetes is not well
characterized. We hypothesized that risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality would be …

OBJECTIVE—The risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in type 2 diabetes is two-to threefold
higher than in the general population, but the effect of diabetes duration on CHD risk has not …

Objective: To examine the relation of diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD; myocardial
infarction (MI) or angina) to the incidence of major CHD and stroke events and total mortality …

ContextMortality from coronary heart disease has declined substantially in the United States
during the past 30 years. However, it is unknown whether patients with diabetes have also …

Background It is not known whether the coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality risk
associated with recent (RDM;< 10 years) or long-standing diabetes mellitus (LDM;≥ 10 …