That’s why various medical societies focused on heart and diabetes health, as well as patient organizations, are coming together to go public about the critical link between diabetes and heart disease.
is a nationwide movement to raise awareness about the critical link between diabetes and heart disease. It aims to encourage people with diabetes to know their risks and speak to their doctors about it.
Patients with diabetes are 2 to 4 times more likely to develop heart disease.3
Over time, uncontrolled high blood sugar can damage blood vessels and nerves leading to the heart.3
This can ultimately raise blood pressure levels.3
Having diabetes can also increase the level of bad cholesterol and decrease the level of good cholesterol.4
All these factors increase the risk for heart disease in patients with diabetes.4
Cardiovascular disease is the #1 cause of death for patients with diabetes.5
25% of patients with diabetes have died from a heart attack.6
13% of patients with diabetes have died from stroke related to diabetes.6
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References: 1https://idf.org/our-network/regions-members/western-pacific/members/116-the-philippines.html. | 2Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes: Has the Dawn of a New Era Arrived? Diabetes Care. 2017 Jul; 40(7): 813–820. | 3World Heart Federation. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors. Last accessed September 9, 2019. | 4American Heart Association. Cholesterol Abnormalities and Diabetes. Last September 9, 2019. | 5Morrish NJ et al. Mortality and cause of death in the WHO multinational study of vascular disease in diabetes. Diabetologia 2001: 44: S14-S21 | 6Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heart Disease and Stroke: At a Glance , 2016.
