Why is the risk higher for diabetes patients to get coronary heart disease?

The risk of developing heart disease is two to four times higher in people with type 2 diabetes than in those without diabetes, because diabetes causes abnormalities in the cells that line the blood vessels and in the blood's clotting ability. Diabetics are also less likely to survive a heart attack, and suffer more heart failure. The risk of developing heart disease is equal for diabetic men and women.

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