PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Buckley, Rita
ED  - Tuomilehto, Jaakko
TI  - Preventing CVD by Preventing Diabetes
DP  - 2011 Nov 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 6--7
VI  - 11
IP  - 10
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/10/6.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/10/6.full
AB  - People who have diabetes are 2 to 4 times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) than those without diabetes [World Heart Federation. http://www.world-heart-federation.org/cardiovascular-health/cardiovascular-disease-risk-factors/diabetes/]. This article discusses the importance of diabetes prevention in the prevention of CVD and the efficacy of risk factor modification programs.