Association of diabetes mellitus using old and new diagnostic criteria with incidence of new coronary events in older men and women

Authors
Aronow, WS Ahn, C
Citation
Ws. Aronow et C. Ahn, Association of diabetes mellitus using old and new diagnostic criteria with incidence of new coronary events in older men and women, AM J CARD, 85(1), 2000, pp. 104
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00029149 → ACNP
Volume
85
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(20000101)85:1<104:AODMUO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A prospective study investigated in 952 men (mean age 79 years) and in 2,01 4 women (mean age 81 years), the association of diabetes mellitus using the old and new diagnostic criteria with the incidence of new coronary events. At 40-month follow-up for men and 44-month follow-up for women, whether th e old or the new criteria for diagnosing diabetes mellitus were used, diabe tes mellitus was significantly associated with the incidence of new coronar y events (p < 0.0001) in older men and women.