cardiovascular disease (CVD) developed
jointly by the European Association for the
Study of Diabetes and European Society
of Cardiology (Rydén et al, 2013). These
guidelines clearly articulate that about 50% of mortality in all populations affected by
diabetes is due to CVD, with proteinuria
as a precursor, while other diabetes-related
vascular complications account for around
15% (Preiss et al, 2011; Paneni, 2014).