[Detection of LADA-type diabetes in overweight diabetic patients. Is treatment with metformin suitable?].

Objectives: To detect type-1 LADA (latent auto-immune diabetes in adults) in adults with overweight. To describe the metabolic variations in these patients after metformin treatment.

Design: Observational, multi-centre study based on a series of cases.

A prospective study of cardiovascular disease in patients with Type 2 diabetes. 6.3 years of follow-up.

Objective: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM-2) is an important cardiovascular risk factor, although hardly any data are available in our country. Therefore, we decided to study the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the related variables with its appearance in a group of patients with DM-2.

Research Design And Methods: 176 DM-2 patients without CVD at baseline (63.