Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 at King Fahad University Hospital, Saudi Arabia.

Background Diabetes mellitus is considered a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM-II) are at twice as high risk for the development of cardiovascular diseases than the general population. Thus, we aimed to assess the most prevalent cardiovascular risk (CVR) factors among DM-II patients in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia.