Trends in cardiovascular Care and Event Rates among First Nations and Other People with Diabetes in Ontario, Canada, 1996–2015
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Chu
Lu Han
Idan Roifman
Douglas S. Lee
Michael E. Green ... [et al.]
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. 47, November 25, 2019, pp. E1291-E1298
Description
Study aims to determine if First Nations people with diabetes have experienced the same decrease in cardiac disease as other people in Ontario. Findings indicate that the incidence of cardiac events has declined among First Nations people with diabetes, but remains higher than other people with diabetes in Ontario.