Excess risk of fatal coronary heart disease associated with diabetes in men and women: meta-analysis of 37 prospective cohort studies

Huxley, Rachel; Barzi, Federica; Woodward, Mark

doi:10.1136/bmj.38678.389583.7c

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Excess risk of fatal coronary heart disease associated with diabetes in men and women: meta-analysis of 37 prospective cohort studies

Published in BMJ • Dec 21, 2005

Authors:

Rachel Huxley

Federica Barzi

Mark Woodward

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the relative risk for fatal coronary heart disease associated with diabetes in men and women. DESIGN: Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. DATA SOURCES: Studies published between 1966 and March 2005, identified through Embase and Medline, using a combined text word and...

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Medicine

Relative risk

Diabetes mellitus

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