Type 2 diabetes and the risk of cardiovascular events in peripheral artery disease versus coronary artery disease

Introduction The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is higher in peripheral artery disease (PAD) than in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients, and PAD overall confers higher cardiovascular risk than CAD. How cardiovascular risk compares between PAD and CAD patients when analyses are stratified by the presence of type 2 diabetes is unclear and is addressed in the present study. Research design and methods We prospectively recorded...