Diabetes is typically a symptom of an underlying issue that also causes heart disease, Metabolic Syndrome (particularly in south asians.) Diabetes is diagnosed

Diabetes is typically a symptom of an underlying issue that also causes heart disease, Metabolic Syndrome (particularly in south asians.) Diabetes is diagnosed more reliably than the other criteria because it requires direct intervention, so it's useful as an indicator variable. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/MetabolicSyndrome/Metabolic-Syndrome-ATH_UCM_002080_SubHomePage.jsp http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/MetabolicSyndr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_syndrome