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To the Editor: Haffner et al. (July 23 issue)¹ have shown that diabetic subjects without prior myocardial infarction (mean age, approximately 58 years) have as high a risk of myocardial infarction as nondiabetic subjects with prior myocardial infarction. These findings were "population-based," according to the investigators, but they actually used a population register of diabetic subjects. We would like to report our observations in a cohort drawn from a true cross section of the population.

The Dubbo Study is an ongoing prospective study of cardiovascular disease in a cohort of elderly Australian subjects (mean age, approximately 70 years) who were . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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