Diabetes lipids and atherosclerosis
β Scribed by Betteridge, John
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 469 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1357-8170
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About one half of all deaths in the Western World are caused by cardiovascular disease. In contrast, atherosclerosis is rare in countries where people suffer from starvation, indicating a strong influence of Western nutrition on atherogenesis. On the other hand, atherosclerosis was found to be close
Atherosclerosis is the most frequent complication of diabetes. It affects all major vascular beds. The metabolic derangements that occur in diabetes may underlie many of the reasons for this. These abnormalities include alterations in the metabolism of lipoproteins, particularly the triglyceride-ric