Heart disease is common in people with diabetes. Data from the According to the National Heart Association, the risk of heart disease death and stroke are more than twice as high in people with diabetes.

The heart condition is more common in those with type 2 diabetes. In fact, heart disease is the number one cause of death among people with type 2 diabetes.

Multiple health factors  including diabetes could increase the possibility of developing heart disease. Aside from diabetes, other health problems associated with heart disease include high blood pressure, smoking, high cholesterol levels, and a family history of early heart disease.

The most common heart condition in diabetes is hardening of the coronary arteries which is a buildup of cholesterol in the blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrition to the heart.

Hardening of arteries can happen in all of the arteries in the body, resulting in lack of blood to the brain, causing a stroke or lack of blood to the feet peripheral vascular disease.