Less cardiovascular disease in adults with diabetes
Two studies by the CDC, said that adults with diabetes report they are the best in the essential task of controlling their blood sugar levels in the blood, and less to say theyve developed cardiovascular disease. Among the more than 35 years of age diagnosed with diabetes, has the prevalence of cardiovascular disease by more than 11 percent lost more than eight years later, the trends reported in the prevalence of adults with diabetes cardiovascular disease at age 35 and elderly, the United States from 1997 to 2005, CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published.The authors say that the ratio may be due in part to reduced rates of cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking, high cholesterol and hypertension, and increased use of preventive treatments such as aspirin
every day.Decrease in self-reported cardiovascular disease among black adults with diabetes over 25 percent between 1997 and 2005. Blacks tend to have higher diabetes rates than whites and Hispanics, other racial / ethnic groups were included in the report. The report, self-reported data from the National Health (ENS) are analyzed, a decrease of 14 percent in self-reported cardiovascular disease among adults aged 35-64 years with diabetes, age in which most newly diagnosed cases of diabetes among adults occur.During 1997 and 2005 the prevalence declined from self reported cardiovascular diseases in this age group from 31.1 percent in 1997 to 26.7 percent in 2005.
Cardiovascular disease is not only the most common cause of death among Americans, is also the leading
cause of death among adults with diabetes, said Nilka Burrows, Division of Diabetes Translation at the CDC and lead author of the report. Although the trends are very encouraging in this report, it is important we take action to prevent and control diabetes, which is also in the fight against cardiovascular diseases continue to contribute. About 65 percent of deaths in people with diabetes are caused by heart disease and Pages: [1] 2