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This means it could also potentially positively impact heart disease risk factors such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol

Most of these risk factors overlap with those of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and past studies have demonstrated such a strong relationship between these two entities that AHA has declared diabetes is a cardiovascular disease [3]

1 T2DM remains as one of the leading causes of disability and death worldwide mainly due to its long-term vascular complications

Moreover, increasing supply to meet demand (including off-label) may not be sufficient in making these medications available for high-need patients