糖尿病常常并发冠心病、脑卒中、外周动脉疾病、肾病、心肌病、视网膜病变及神经病变。大量的流行病学和病理学资料显示不论男、女性 ,糖尿病是一种独立的心血管病危险因素 ,心血管病死亡原因中约 65%患者患有糖尿病。基于糖尿病在心血管病中的重要作用 ,最近美国心脏协会提出 Diabetes is often associated with coronary heart disease, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, nephropathy, cardiomyopathy, retinopathy and neuropathy. Numerous epidemiological and pathological data show that both men and women, diabetes mellitus is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and about 65% of those who die from cardiovascular disease have diabetes. Based on the important role of diabetes in cardiovascular disease, the American Heart Association recently proposed