Diabetes and obesity set the stage for heart disease
August 18th, 2008 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
Women who are obese and diabetic have an 80% risk of developing heart disease, whereas normal-weight, nondiabetic women have a 34% risk, according to researchers from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. Also, men with diabetes and obesity have a nearly 90% risk versus a 49% risk in normal-weight, nondiabetic men. Diabetes on its own significantly raises the lifetime risk of heart disease, but obesity worsens the situation.
via Diabetes Care, August 2008
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