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By Nancy Lapid

(Reuters) -New findings from a Swedish study of people with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes could help doctors identify those at low risk for developing cardiovascular diseases versus those at higher risk.

Overall, people with type 2 diabetes are up to four times more likely to experience a heart attack, stroke, or another major cardiovascular event, compared to people without diabetes.

The 752 volunteers in the new study all had new diagnoses of type 2 diabetes, and none had a history of heart disease. During roughly seven years of follow-up, 102 of them suffered serious cardiovascular complications.

By analyzing blood samples obtained from partic

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