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SUBMITTER: Fox CS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2494632 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diabetes care 20080505 8
<h4>Objective</h4>We assessed the lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among individuals with and without obesity and diabetes.<h4>Research design and methods</h4>Participants were drawn from the original and offspring cohorts of the Framingham Heart Study. Lifetime (30-year) risk of CVD was assessed using a modified Kaplan-Meier approach adjusting for the competing risk of death, beginning from age 50 years.<h4>Results</h4>Over 30 years, the lifetime risk of CVD among women with diabet ...[more]