• People who have diabetes have a much higher risk of developing coronary heart disease than people who don’t have diabetes. And they are three times more likely to have a heart attack

  • Among those who have diabetes, women have a greater risk of developing coronary heart disease than men

  • Diabetes causes high levels of glucose in your blood, which can affect the walls of your arteries, and make them more likely to fur up (atherosclerosis)

  • Diabetes can actually increase the damage done by some of the risk factors for coronary heart disease – including smoking, high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol.

  • Diabetes can affect the heart muscle, making it less able to pump efficiently.

  • Keeping your diabetes under control will help protect your heart health as much as possible

  • You can greatly reduce your risk of developing type two diabetes by controlling your weight and doing regular physical activity

  • If you have diabetes, your diabetes may have caused nerve damage to your heart and blood vessels. As a result of this, you may not always feel the pain or discomfort caused by angina or a heart attack in the same way as someone who does not have diabetes. Also, sometimes it is more difficult for doctors to diagnose angina or a heart attack in people who have diabetes.