FREQUENCY OF CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2 BY REGIONAL REGISTER DATA
Objective. To analyze retrospectively the frequency of risk factors (RF) for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2 according to the Gomel Regional Register data. Material and methods. Analysis of CVD RF prevalence among the patients with DM type 2 in Gomel-city and Gomel region according to the data of the Register as on October 2009. Results. Arterial hypertension, angina pectoris were diagnosed in 64.4% and 20.7% of the examined respectively. History of myocardial infarction and brain stroke was registered in 5.4% and 6.3% respectively. Conclusion. Reducing of the CVD frequency is possible only when implementing a multi-factor approach including the blood glucose levels, lipids and blood pressure control as well as actions on changing the lifestyle of those persons.