Diabetic retinopathy: global prevalence, major risk factors, screening practices and public health challenges: a review

DSW Ting, GCM Cheung… - Clinical & experimental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Diabetes retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of vision loss in middle‐aged and elderly
people globally. Early detection and prompt treatment allow prevention of diabetes‐related …

Type 1 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association

SD De Ferranti, IH De Boer, V Fonseca, CS Fox… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
(CVD) in individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), the pathophysiology underlying
the relationship between cardiovascular events, CVD risk factors, and T1DM is not well …

Insulin resistance and hyperglycaemia in cardiovascular disease development

M Laakso, J Kuusisto - Nature reviews endocrinology, 2014 - nature.com
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus will likely increase globally from 371 million individuals
in 2013 to 552 million individuals in 2030. This epidemic is mainly attributable to type 2 …

Joint British Societies' consensus recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (JBS3)

JBS Board - Heart, 2014 - heart.bmj.com
Executive summary Despite the improvements in outcomes for cardiovascular disease
(CVD) over the last 20 years, it remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality in the …

Relation of smoking with total mortality and cardiovascular events among patients with diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis and systematic review

A Pan, Y Wang, M Talaei, FB Hu - Circulation, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The prevalence of smoking in diabetic patients remains high, and reliable
quantification of the excess mortality and morbidity risks associated with smoking is …

Vascular risk factors and diabetic neuropathy

S Tesfaye, N Chaturvedi, SEM Eaton… - … England Journal of …, 2005 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Other than glycemic control, there are no treatments for diabetic neuropathy.
Thus, identifying potentially modifiable risk factors for neuropathy is crucial. We studied risk …

Intensive glucose control versus conventional glucose control for type 1 diabetes mellitus

B Fullerton, K Jeitler, M Seitz, K Horvath… - Cochrane Database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Clinical guidelines differ regarding their recommended blood glucose targets
for patients with type 1 diabetes and recent studies on patients with type 2 diabetes suggest …

Cognition and diabetes: a lifespan perspective

GJ Biessels, IJ Deary, CM Ryan - The Lancet Neurology, 2008 - thelancet.com
Diabetes mellitus is associated with cognitive dysfunction and abnormalities that can be
seen with brain imaging. Recent studies provide important new insights into the nature and …

Glycaemic control and incidence of heart failure in 20 985 patients with type 1 diabetes: an observational study

M Lind, I Bounias, M Olsson, S Gudbjörnsdottir… - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Background Poor glycaemic control is associated with microvascular and macrovascular
complications in type 1 diabetes, but whether glycaemic control is associated with heart …

Cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetes: a review of epidemiological data and underlying mechanisms

B Vergès - Diabetes & metabolism, 2020 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is highly prevalent in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and
a major cause of mortality. CVD arises earlier in life in T1D patients and is responsible for a …