Jin Komuro, Hidehiro Kaneko, Yuta Suzuki, Akira Okada, Kaoruko Komuro, Atsushi Mizuno, Katsuhito Fujiu, Taisuke Jo, Norifumi Takeda, Hiroyuki Morita, Koichi Node, Hideo Yasunaga, Masaki Ieda, Issei Komuro
BACKGROUND: Some patients with diabetes are unaware that they are prescribed medications for diabetes. The purpose of this study is to determine, using a Japanese nationwide epidemiologic database, the association between unawareness of being prescribed medication and the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with diabetes. METHODS: This observational cohort study analyzed data from the JMDC Claims Database between 2005 and 2022, including 94,048 patients with diabetes treated with medications...
April 4, 2024: Journal of Cardiology