Ya sabemos que la diabetes es perjudicial y que multiplica nuestro riesgo de tener algún accidente cardiovascular, en este caso viene asegurado por un estudio de la American Heart Association, que considera que aquellas personas que padecen diabetes mellitus tipo II tienen el doble de riesgo a corto plazo de tener una apoplejía (un accidente cerebrovascular), concretamente durante los 5 primeros años de tratamiento:

"What we found is that 9.1 per cent of the diabetes cohort had a stroke within the first five years of their diagnosis.

We also found that compared to persons from the general population of a similar age, the relative risk for stroke was much greater in younger persons with diabetes than for older persons.

We hope our findings will help to dispel the notion that the risk of stroke occurs only in the long term and will improve the motivation of both patients and health care providers to aggressively control cardiovascular risk factors soon after diagnosis." Dr. Thomas Jeerakathil de la Universidad de Alberta.

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