TY - JOUR AU - Miranda-Machado, Pablo AU - Salcedo-Mejía, Fernando AU - Wilches, Justo Paz AU - Fernandez-Mercado, Juan AU - De la Hoz-Restrepo, Fernando AU - Alvis-Guzmán, Nelson PY - 2019 DA - 2019/01/08 TI - First cardiovascular event in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus of a cardiovascular risk management program of a poor Colombian population: a cohort study JO - BMC Cardiovascular Disorders SP - 8 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - According to several studies in population of high-income countries (HIC), patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) have a considerably higher risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, it is not clear if the magnitude of this association can be widespread in other populations. The objective of this study was to determine the independent association between Type 2 DM and first cardiovascular event in Colombian Caribbean poor population with no records of previous cardiovascular events reported. SN - 1471-2261 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-018-0993-z DO - 10.1186/s12872-018-0993-z ID - Miranda-Machado2019 ER -