Abstract:Several studies suggest that the cardiovascular disease CVD mortality rates of persons with type diabetes are about two to four times higher than those of the general population. It is therefore considered necessary to develop specific tools to evaluate and reduce CVD risk in this population. In the present chapter, main CVD risk scores were explored from the Framingham study developed in the s to the last diabetes-specific models, passing through the concept of diabetes as a CVD risk equivalent . The scores d… Show more
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