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- Title
Impact of Diabetes on Cardiovascular Disease: An Update.
- Authors
de Mattos Matheus, Alessandra Saldanha; Monteiro Tannus, Lucianne Righeti; Cobas, Roberta Arnoldi; Sousa Palma, Catia C.; Negrato, Carlos Antonio; de Brito Gomes, Marilia
- Abstract
Cardiovascular diseases are the most prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. The proposed mechanisms that can link accelerated atherosclerosis and increased cardiovascular risk in this population are poorly understood. It has been suggested that an association between hyperglycemia and intracellular metabolic changes can result in oxidative stress, low-grade inflammation, and endothelial dysfunction. Recently, epigenetic factors by different types of reactions are known to be responsible for the interaction between genes and environment and for this reason can also account for the association between diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The impact of clinical factors that may coexist with diabetes such as obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension are also discussed. Furthermore, evidence that justify screening for subclinical atherosclerosis in asymptomatic patients is controversial and is also matter of this review. The purpose of this paper is to describe the association between poor glycemic control, oxidative stress, markers of insulin resistance, and of low-grade inflammation that have been suggested as putative factors linking diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
- Subjects
OBESITY complications; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; DIABETES; ENDOTHELIUM; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; TYPE 1 diabetes; METABOLIC regulation; TYPE 2 diabetes; OXIDATIVE stress
- Publication
International Journal of Hypertension, 2013, p1
- ISSN
2090-0384
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2013/653789