ea0073aep270 | Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition | ECE2021
Risovic Ivona
, Vlastimir Vlatkovic2
, Pejicic Snjezana Popovic
, Grbic Aleksandra
, Malesevic Gabrijela
IntroductionDiabetes mellitus (DM) is considered as equivalent to cardiovascular disease (CVD), so the intensive control of all risk factors for CVD in patients with DM is recommended. Risk factors for CVD include: dyslipidemia, hypertension, smoking, family history of CVD and albuminuria. In addition to being a sensitive and reliable marker for evaluation of kidney function, research suggests that cystatin C may be a useful predictor for the detection a...