The American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association, along with industry leaders, are working together on the groundbreaking initiative Know Diabetes by Heart™ to reduce cardiovascular deaths, heart attacks, heart failure, and strokes in people living with type 2 diabetes. With support from founding sponsor, Novo Nordisk, the Know Diabetes by Heart™ initiative seeks to comprehensively combat the national public health impact of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease by:
1 Grau, María, et. al. Risk of Cause-Specific Death in Individuals With Diabetes: A Competing Risks Analysis; http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/39/11/1987 Diabetes Care 2016 Nov; 39(11): 1987-1995;
2 The Emerging Risk Factors C. Diabetes mellitus, fasting blood glucose concentration, and risk of vascular disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of 102 prospective studies. Lancet. 2010;375(9733):2215-2222. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)60484-9/fulltext
3 American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association. (2021). People with T2D Follow-up Survey. Online survey; USA. Conducted by The Harris Poll in May 2021.
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The Know Diabetes by Heart™ initiative is concluding, and we want to thank you for your dedication to advancing patient care. We’re grateful for your support and look forward to continuing our shared mission to improve health outcomes in future programs.
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