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Childhood Oral Infections And Subclinical Atherosclerosis In Adulthood: Should We Wait For Causality Or Just Treat?, Anwar T. Merchant, Salim S. Virani
Childhood Oral Infections And Subclinical Atherosclerosis In Adulthood: Should We Wait For Causality Or Just Treat?, Anwar T. Merchant, Salim S. Virani
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Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors In Pakistani Population With Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study Of Selected Family Practitioner Clinics In Four Provinces Of Pakistan (Cardip Study), Syed Abbas Raza, Mariam Hassan, Farhana Badar, Farah Rasheed, Fouzia Meerza, Sumeyya Azam, Ali Jawa, Imtiaz Hassan, Faisal Masood Qureshi, Najmul Islam
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors In Pakistani Population With Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study Of Selected Family Practitioner Clinics In Four Provinces Of Pakistan (Cardip Study), Syed Abbas Raza, Mariam Hassan, Farhana Badar, Farah Rasheed, Fouzia Meerza, Sumeyya Azam, Ali Jawa, Imtiaz Hassan, Faisal Masood Qureshi, Najmul Islam
Section of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Objective: To explore cardiovascular risk factors in people with newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Methods: The cross-sectional, prospective, multicentre, study was conducted from June 2014 till July 2015 at family practice clinics in 27 cities across Pakistan, and comprised individuals aged 30-50 years diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus within the preceding six months. Laboratory investigations were conducted at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, and Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. The 10-year absolute risk of fatal or non-fatal coronary heart disease and stroke was calculated using the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study Risk Engine version 2.0. …