Global patterns of comprehensive cardiovascular risk factor control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: Insights from the DISCOVER study.
Krishna K PatelMarília Brito GomesBernard CharbonnelHungta ChenJavier Cid-RuzafaPeter FeniciNiklas HammarLi-Nong JiKevin F KennedyKamlesh Khunti F MedSciMikhail Naum KosiborodStuart J PocockMarina V ShestakovaIichiro ShimomuraFilip SurmontHirotaka WatadaSuzanne V ArnoldPublished in: Diabetes, obesity & metabolism (2020)
Globally, comprehensive control of ASCVD risk factors is not being achieved in most patients, with wide variability among countries unaccounted for by patient and site differences. Better country-specific strategies are needed to implement comprehensive cardiovascular risk factor control consistently in patients with T2D to improve long-term outcomes.
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