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"Cardiovascular disease is two to four times more common in people with type 2 diabetes and is an umbrella term consisting of several different vascular outcomes, including heart attack, heart failure, peripheral vascular disease and stroke," said lead investigator of the trial Bernard Zinman, M.D., director, Diabetes Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto; senior scientist, Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, and professor of medicine,University of Toronto. "Since approximately two out of three deaths in people with type 2 diabetes in the U.S. are attributed to cardiovascular causes, we need diabetes therapies that help reduce this complication in individuals who have an underlying cardiovascular issue."