Farook Ahmad Malik, Shamshad Ahmed, Rukhsana Mirza.
Diabetes Mellitus, a Predictor of Cardiovascular Diseases- a comparative study.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(3):1186-91.

n present study the results were significant<0.005. The individuals of Group A and Group B showed remarkable changes in the protein troponin T levels. The troponin T and blood glucose levels of Group A and Group B, male and female patients were (0.05+/-0.01, 80.02+/-11.10, 135.50.20+/-10.14) (0.05+/-0.01, 85.05+/-10.16,133. 40.20+/-10.15) , (0 .08 +/- 0.01,120.2+/-10.12, 220.20+/-10.14) (0.07+/-0.01,115.1+/-10.11, 220.20+/-10.14) concluded respectively. The results of this study stated that diabeties mellitus is a major predictor of cardiac diseases and cardiac problems are more common in diabetic patients than non- diabetic.

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