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World J Diabetes. Aug 15, 2014; 5(4): 444-470
Published online Aug 15, 2014. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v5.i4.444
Published online Aug 15, 2014. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v5.i4.444
Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: Have all risk factors the same strength?
Iciar Martín-Timón, Cristina Sevillano-Collantes, Amparo Segura-Galindo, Francisco Javier del Cañizo-Gómez, Section of Endocrinology, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid 28031, Spain
Author contributions: Martín-Timón I, Sevillano-Collantes C, Segura-Galindo A and del Cañizo-Gómez FJ contributed equally to this work.
Correspondence to: Dr. Francisco Javier del Cañizo Gómez, Professor of Medicine, Chief of Endocrinology Section, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Avda Gran Vía del Este 80, Madrid 28031, Spain. fjcanizog@salud.madrid.org
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Received: November 27, 2013
Revised: January 26, 2014
Accepted: June 20, 2014
Published online: August 15, 2014
Processing time: 253 Days and 20.7 Hours
Revised: January 26, 2014
Accepted: June 20, 2014
Published online: August 15, 2014
Processing time: 253 Days and 20.7 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: The objective of this review is to highlight the importance of traditional and non-traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease in the setting of type 2 diabetes mellitus and discuss their position in the pathogenesis of the excess cardiovascular disease mortality and morbidity in these patients.