Sri Banerjee, MD, PhD, MPH, MAS, on the Effect of Smoking on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Mortality

09/15/2021

Podcasts360 · Sri Banerjee, MD, PhD, MPH, MAS, on the Effect of Smoking on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Mortality

In this podcast, Sri Banerjee, MD, PhD, MPH, MAS, speaks about the effect of smoking status on the association between diabetes and cardiovascular mortality, including how social factors impact tobacco use, how smoking cessation can decrease mortality from diabetes, and how diabetes can interact with other risk factors to affect cardiovascular health. He presented a poster abstract on this topic at the ADCES21 annual conference.

Additional Resource:

Banerjee S, Szirony G. The effect of smoking status on the association between diabetes and cardiovascular mortality. Presented at: the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists annual conference ADCES21; August 12-15, 2021; Virtual. https://adcesmeeting.org/2021/ADCES21/PosterTitles.asp?pfp=BrowsebyTitle

Sri Banerjee, MD, PhD, MPH, MAS, is a faculty member at Walden University in the School of Health Sciences. He is a clinical biostatistician and an epidemiologist in Leola, Pennsylvania.

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It is estimated that about 2.7 million adults in the United States have hepatitis C infection and that the incidence is on the rise. Do you think family physicians should screen all patients for hepatitis C infection?

All high-risk patients should be screened.

One-time screening still has unanswered questions.

More research is needed to make a definite decision.

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