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. 2010 Feb;33(2):442-9.
doi: 10.2337/dc09-0749.

Cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes from population to man to mechanisms: the Kelly West Award Lecture 2008

Markku Laakso  1
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Cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes from population to man to mechanisms: the Kelly West Award Lecture 2008

Markku Laakso. Diabetes Care. 2010 Feb.
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Figure 1
Different approaches in studies of cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetes.
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Figure 2
Incidence per 1,000 person-years and Cox model hazard ratio for CHD death (adjusted for age, area of residence, and sex) during the 18-year follow-up according to the presence of diabetes and prior evidence of MI in 1,373 nondiabetic and 1,059 diabetic subjects. Adapted from ref. .
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Figure 3
Relative risk of CVD in normoglycemia, pre-diabetes, and type 2 diabetes.
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Figure 4
Parallel insulin-signaling pathways mediating metabolic and vascular effects in peripheral tissues. eNOS, endothelial nitric oxide synthase; ET-1, endothelin 1. Modified from ref. .
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Figure 5
The “common soil” hypothesis of diabetes complications.
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