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Gender Differences in the Control of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes -A Cross-Sectional Study

Mario Šekerija, Tamara Poljičanin, Katja Erjavec, Ana-Marija Liberati-Čizmek, Manja Prašek, Željko Metelko

Internal Medicine · 2012 · 22 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

Women with diabetes have poorer control of main potentially modifiable cardiovascular risk factors than men. This could contribute to disparities in trends in cardiovascular mortality and it demands clinicians' and public health awareness.

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