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The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in industrialized countries reaches 5-6%, the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts an increase in the population of these patients by 2025 from 130 million to 300 million people [Kruglova N.E. ""Characteristics of the course and prognosis of non-fatal acute myocardial infarction in patients with type 21 diabetes mellitus, abstract of a dissertation on medicine, 2012. p. 106], and according to Reuters Health information up to 333 million. Of all the causes of death in patients with type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease (CHD) has moved into first place, accounting for 40%. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), despite significant advances in the control of hyperglycemia, hypertension, and dyslipidemia over the past 10 years, mortality from coronary heart disease in patients with diabetes has only slightly decreased in men and increased significantly in women, while in the general population of people without diabetes, mortality from coronary heart disease has decreased by more than 30%.

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