Diabetes
Diabetes is considered a coronary heart disease (CHD) risk equivalent. This means that people with diabetes have the same risk for major coronary events as those who have already been diagnosed with CHD. A diabetic's risk for a heart attack or death from coronary disease is >20% in the next 10 years.
Diabetic women appear to have an even greater excess risk for CHD then diabetic men. Over the last 30 years cardiovascular deaths in diabetic men have declined significantly while cardiovascular deaths in diabetic women have remained essentially unchanged. Also, women are being diagnosed with diabetes at a younger age. This is possibly related to the obesity epidemic.