In our population, diabetics suffer from higher prevalence of diffuse and extensive coronary atherosclerosis. The grades of stenosis in coronary arteries are also higher in diabetic patients when compared with non-diabetics with CAD, as was the prevalence of other components of the metabolic syndrome.
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