BACKGROUND: The United Arab Emirates UAE population has a high rate of type 2 diabetes mellitus T2DM and other metabolic risk factors for coronary artery disease CAD . ...The prevalence of most of the cardiovascular disease risk factors in this cohort were high: mean body mass index BMI 29.4, T2DM 51.9 , hypertension 60.9 , dyslipidemia 68.8 , and smoking 47.9 . ...