Editorial Comment: Carotid intima-media thickness in type 1 diabetes mellitus

Diabetes is an important disease because it is a chronic progressive disorder and leading cause of cardiovascular and renal complications. It is classified simply according to the existence of the insulin and its relatives, but the pathogenesis of diabetes is complex. At that point, the need to understand its etiology and to develop preventive strategies for diabetes and its complications makes the medical, economic, and sociological aspect of the disease important. In the study (1) published in the current issue of the journal authors pointed out diabetic microvascular complication is related with atherosclerosis. The increased carotid intima- media thickness (CIMT) was associated with presence of proliferative retinopathy, macroalbuminuria, increased urinary albumin excretion, and duration of diabetes.