• PLoS medicine · Oct 2006

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    How important is diabetes as a risk factor for cardiovascular and other diseases in older adults?

    • Andre Pascal Kengne and Anushka Patel.
    • The George Institute for International Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    • PLoS Med. 2006 Oct 1; 3 (10): e424e424.

    AbstractPatel and Kengne discuss a new study inPLoS Medicine which found a 2-fold increased risk of cardiovascular death associated with diabetes in people over 65 years old.

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