Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Case Study 1 Research presented by Wnorlida, et al. states that Over one-half of deaths among diabetes mellitus patients in the United States were due to cardiovascular disease related. In Taiwan, about 19.8% deaths of diabetic patients were caused due to CVD (Chen and Li, 2007). Mortality due to Cardiovascular diseases in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients was three times higher compared to general population. Death due to cerebrovascular and Coronary Heart Diseases was higher by two to four time while comparing diabetes patient with non-diabetic ones. Some of the procedure to held this study was: five primary diabetic clinics and one tertiary diabetic clinic were selected proportionately by simple random sampling and the patients from every selected clinic were randomly selected. All the date obtained from the selected patient's medical record were reviewed by a single researcher. Also, information on socio-demographic, diabetic, …show more content…
In Western populations diabetes is typically related to a 2-fold increased risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD). However, similar excess risk applies to other populations, and about the strength of the association of diabetes with stroke and, particularly, stroke subtypes. Appropriate understanding of these issues is of considerable relevance to China, where stroke rates are high. Since 1980s, there is a rapid and substantial increase in the prevalence of diabetes in China which now affects ~10% of adults. In fact, comparing to those in Western populations, in china individuals with diabetes tend to be leaner and have a worse pancreatic beta-cell function, which later led to the greater susceptibility to microvascular complications and cancer (Bragg, et