Young Asian men with diabetes have the highest risk for acute coronary events: retrospective cohort analyses.

13 , 16 , 17 In the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study, Afro-Caribbean patients were found to have a highly significant reduction (70%) in risk for coronary heart disease events predominantly fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction relative to Caucasian patients even after adjusting for major cardiovascular risk factors. 16 The fact that there were no consistent between-group differences in blood pressure or glycaemia during the course of the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study may lend further support to the view that other factors such as higher high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and lower insulin resistance may be providing protection from coronary heart disease in Afro-Caribbean patients.

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