1. The epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus: how sweet it is … or is it? 
David M Nathan, MD, James Meigs, MPH, Daniel E Singer, MD 
The Lancet 
Volume 350, Pages S4-S9 (July 1997)
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2. Figure 1
Age-adjusted relative risk of CHD mortality in population-based and employment-based studies
Comparison of men or women with diabetes mellitus (predominantly type 2) or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). with non-diabetic, non-IGT population as reference group; studies 14, 23, 24, 57 may include some IGT or undiagnosed diabetic people in ‘non-diabetic’ control groups.
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3. Figure 2
Level of established risk factois of CHD in type 2 diabetic compared with non-diabetic populations
Absolute value for risk factor in non-diabetic population subtracted from value in diabetic population and divided by non-diabetic value. Mean values expressed as percentage difference (SD bars) between diabetic and non-diabetic populations. From references 24, 25, 47, 58.
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