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Publication Information

PubMed ID
Public Release Type
Journal
Publication Year
2010
Affiliation
Massachusetts General Hospital Diabetes Center, Boston, MA 02114, USA. mlarkin1@partners.org
Authors
Backlund JY, Bayless M, Canady J, Cleary P, Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (DCCT/EDIC) Research Group, Larkin ME, Nathan DM, Schaefer B
Studies
Citation
Larkin ME, Backlund JY, Cleary P, Bayless M, Schaefer B, Canady J, Nathan DM, Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (DCCT/EDIC) Research Group. Disparity in management of diabetes and coronary heart disease risk factors by sex in DCCT/EDIC. Diabet Med 2010 Apr;27(4):451-8.

Abstract

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes. Sex disparity in the treatment of modifiable CHD risk factors in patients with Type 2 diabetes has been reported previously; however, there is little comparable information in Type 1 diabetes.