Bjorn Eliasson

Mar 8, 2024 | dom-pubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Bjorn Eliasson |Naveed Sattar |Katie Harris |Mark Woodward

1 INTRODUCTION Individuals with type 1 diabetes have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD, defined as myocardial infarction, stroke and fatal CVD) compared to the general population, with risks elevated 2.3-fold in women and threefold in men.1, 2 The first signs of accelerated vascular harm have been shown to already appear during adolescence in individuals with type 1 diabetes.3 Efforts to mitigate risk factor exposure, including glycaemic control, should ideally start...