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CURRENT DIABETES REPORTS
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 11-17Publisher
CURRENT MEDICINE GROUP
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-009-0004-y
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Cardiovascular disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus. The lipid profile of type 2 diabetes mellitus is characterized by increased triglycerides (TGs), decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), increased very low density lipoproteins (VLDLs), and small, dense low-density lipoprotein particles, the combination of which is highly atherogenic. In diabetic patients, current treatment guidelines target low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) a parts per thousand currency sign 100 mg/dL with statins. In patients with elevated TGs, non-HDL-C is considered a secondary target of therapy. Despite the use of statin therapy in diabetes, a significant number of fatal and nonfatal coronary heart disease (CHD) events still occur, indicating the need to target other modifiable risk factors for CHD, including high TGs and low HDL-C.
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