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Prevalence and management of diabetes in immigrants resident in the Lombardy Region: the importance of ethnicity and duration of stay
To describe the prevalence and management of diabetes among immigrants according to ethnic group and duration of stay, compared to Italian citizens.
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Are all people with diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors or microvascular complications at very high risk? Findings from the Risk and Prevention Study
To verify whether it is possible, in people with diabetes mellitus (DM) considered at very high cardiovascular (CV) risk, stratify this risk better and identify significant modifiable risk factor (including li...
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Changes in prescribing patterns and clinical outcomes in elderly diabetic patients in 2000 and 2010: analysis of a large Italian population-based study
To describe prescribing patterns in elderly Italian diabetic patients of the Lombardy Region in 2000 and 2010 using an administrative database. Hospital admissions and mortality were also recorded and compared...
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Response to Naunton and Duyvendak re “Appropriate use of antiplatelets: is prescription in daily practice influenced by the global cardiovascular risk?”
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Appropriate use of antiplatelets: is prescription in daily practice influenced by the global cardiovascular risk?
To evaluate the appropriate prescription of antiplatelets according to patients’ global cardiovascular risk level in everyday practice.
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Open AccessLong-term vitamin E supplementation fails to reduce lipid peroxidation in people at cardiovascular risk: analysis of underlying factors
Antioxidant supplementation with vitamin E had no effect in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in three recent large, randomized clinical trials. In order to reassess critically the role of vitami...
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Regional considerations in the use of antihypertensive combinations
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Prevalence, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in the Elderly: Study on Blood Pressure in Elderly Outpatients (SPAA)
The prevalence, quality of care, and degree of control of arterial hypertension have been studied in 3858 elderly outpatients (mean age 72.7 ± 4.9 years) randomly recruited from the practice of 444 general pra...