A Contemporary Estimate of Total Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: The Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study.
Rachel G MillerHemant D MahajanTina CostacouAkira SekikawaStewart J AndersonTrevor J OrchardPublished in: Diabetes care (2016)
Total and CVD mortality and hospitalized CVD are all significantly increased in this contemporary U.S. cohort of young adults with long-standing T1DM. These findings support more aggressive risk factor management in T1DM, especially among women.