SINGAPORE: In a decade-long diabetes study, researchers from Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) found that among those with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), Malays and Indians are at higher risk of cardiovascular diseases compared to Chinese patients.
Malay patients had two times higher risk while Indians had 1.7 times higher risk of diseases such as heart attacks and strokes, compared to Chinese patients with T2DM, according to findings of a study released by the healthcare cluster that manages KTPH, Alexandra Health, on Saturday (Nov 8).
Further analysis suggested that the higher risk in Malays may be attributed to the greater prevalence of diabetic kidney disease, while for Indians, the elevated risk may be partially explained by conventional vascular risk factors such as high blood pressure and lipids disorder, it added.
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