心血管事件是糖尿病患者主要的致死、致残原因,糖尿病患者心肌梗死和卒中的风险增加2～4倍。在欧美国家,50%以上的2型糖尿病患者死于心血管疾病。在亚洲一太平洋地区,约1/3的糖尿病患者死于心血管疾病。在香港,中老年2型糖尿病患者(平均年龄57岁)在随访5.4年后,4.97%发生了冠心病。糖尿病诊断10年后死亡原因的排序分别是:肿瘤(20%)、冠心病(20%)、终末期肾病 Cardiovascular events are the major cause of death and disability in people with diabetes. The risk of myocardial infarction and stroke in diabetic patients is increased by 2 to 4 times. In Europe and the United States, more than 50% of type 2 diabetic patients die of cardiovascular disease. In the Asia-Pacific region, about one-third of all people with diabetes die of cardiovascular disease. In Hong Kong, coronary heart disease occurred in 4.97% of middle-aged and elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (mean age 57 years) at follow-up of 5.4 years. The causes of death after 10 years of diagnosis of diabetes were as follows: tumor (20%), coronary heart disease (20%), end-stage renal disease