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ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2003

Prediabetes mellitus and its links to atherosclerosis.

Daniel Kramer, Annaswamy Raji, Jorge Plutzky

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Review in Current diabetes reports, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Correlation between prediabetes and coronary artery disease severity in patients undergoing elective coronary angiography.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Daniel KramerVascular Disease Prevention Program, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, EBRC 323, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Annaswamy Raji
Jorge Plutzky

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic insidious process contributing to an overwhelming amount of morbidity and mortality, much of which is related to atherosclerosis, which often accompanies and complicates the natural history of diabetes. Although considerable attention has focused on new insights into diabetic mechanisms and emerging treatments, perhaps one of the greatest opportunities for decreasing the toll of diabetes and its late-stage complications may be intervening earlier in the disease process. Such notions redirect attention toward the concept of prediabetes mellitus as a potentially discrete syndrome, which may be identifiable in clinical practice. This article seeks to offer support for this hypothesis by considering the data surrounding prediabetes mellitus, with particular attention on the mechanistic and clinical links to atherosclerosis.

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ArteriosclerosisPrediabetic StateCoronary DiseaseDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansMetabolic Syndrome

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