OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to evaluate cardiovascular risk (CR) in type 2 diabetic (T2DM) patients according to Framingham criteria and its possible relationship with other risk factors not included in the Framingham score. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We evaluated 333 T2DM outpatients (215 females), aged 56.9 ± 9.7 years followed regularly from March 2004 to February 2005 in the Diabetes Unit in our Universitary Hospital. The known diabetes duration was 12 (0