Diabetes is an increasing problem worldwide, particularly in Asia where the prevalence is expected to double in the next 25 years. This increased prevalence increases the challenges of medical care.
Cardiovascular problems begin at the early stage of beta-cell damage.
CV complications account for a large proportion of all complications of diabetes, surpassing microvascular and neurological complications. About one-third of all costs of diabetes are due to cardiovascular and macrovascular complications. 4-fold in diabetic women according to data from the Framingham Heart Study. Relative risk for stroke Diabetes is one of the strongest risk factors for stroke, as shown in Finnish study in several thousand people. From this study data it can be speculated that some of the stroke risk attributed to hypertension could actually be due to undetected diabetes in persons with hypertension.