Clinical Diabetes 24:178, 2006
© American Diabetes Association ®, Inc., 2006
Know Your Chance of Developing Heart Disease
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Heart attack and stroke are the most important causes of death in people
with diabetes. It is important for people with diabetes to know their risk for
heart attacks and stroke and take steps to prevent them.
One way to find out about your risk of heart attack and stroke is to use a
computer program. Computer programs use information about things that affect
your risk. These things are called "risk factors." The risk
factors include your age, sex, blood pressure, cholesterol level, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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