What is it about?
Risk of cardiovascular events like heart attack is greater in patients with diabetes The use of this risk engine can help to identify those with higher risk and guide better management
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Why is it important?
Diabetes is a great problem especially in Malaysia where diabetic patients suffer from heart attacks at a young age and many needing dialysis. There are good and effective treatment that can reduce these risks and using this risk engine can help identify those needing closer attention
Perspectives
treatment of diabetes and getting good control is achievable. Good control is very effective in slowing down the complications of diabetes and well worth chasing and achieving that
Yook Chin Chia
Sunway University
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This page is a summary of: Assessing 10-Year Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Malaysians With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Framingham Cardiovascular Versus United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study Equations, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, September 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1010539519873487.
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