Background Clinicians and health professionals are increasingly challenged to understand
and consider the different health needs of women and men. The increase of gender …

Psoriasis is a chronic Th-1 and Th-17 inflammatory disease. Chronic inflammation has also
been associated with atherosclerosis and thrombosis. The purpose of this study was to …

Aims/hypothesis The aim of this study of type 2 diabetic patients in the Swedish National
Diabetes Register was to study the associations of BMI, overweight (BMI 25–29.9 kg/m 2) …

Background Electronic patient records from primary care databases are increasingly used in
public health and health services research but methods used to identify cases with disease …

Background Dyslipidaemia is a potential independent risk factor for cerebrovascular disease
in patients with diabetes. The aim of this study was to investigate dyslipidaemia, treatment …

Although chronic kidney disease is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease it is unclear
whether diabetic patients with a reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR), independent of …

Diabetes is a recognized risk factor for stroke. This review summarizes recent studies
detailing this risk. Recent reports have found that the risk appears significantly higher with …

Background: The gender differences in stroke risk among diabetic patients with different
treatments have not been studied previously. We aim to determine if there is a gender …

Background and aims: This study was carried out to compare the fasting plasma glucose
(FPG) and 2-h plasma glucose (2-h PG) criteria for diabetes with regard to their relation to …

Background: Electronic patient records from primary care databases are increasingly used
in public health and health services research but methods used to identify cases with …