摘要:Summary (Macrovascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes followed by Italian diabetic
care units). - A large multicenter cohort study, the DAI study, is being performed on patients with type 2
diabetes mellitus who are followed by diabetic care units in Italy, to study the prevalence and incidence of
macrovascular complications. The reference population consists of all patients visited at the participating
units in the period September 1998-June 1999. Patients were randomly chosen so as to create a sample
representative of the diabetic population visited at the units. Overall, 201 Italian diabetic care units participated
in the study and 19 570 patients were included in the study. The prevalence of macrovascular complications
in Italian type 2 diabetics is 15.6% (17.2% in males and 14.0% in females). Acute miocardial infarction
was the most prevalent (7.6%) complication among males, while angina was more frequent (9.3%)
among females