what are the Recommendations for Patients With Diabetes Mellitus?
In adults 20 to 39 years of age with diabetes mellitus that is either of long duration (?10 years of type 2 diabetes mellitus, ?20 years of type 1 diabetes mellitus), albuminuria (?30 mcg of albumin/mg creatinine), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2, retinopathy, neuropathy, or ankle-brachial index (ABI; <0.9), it may be reasonable to initiate statin therapy.S