Fasting blood glucose: an underestimated risk factor for cardiovascular death. Results from a 22-year follow-up of healthy nondiabetic men. | Diabetes Care | American Diabetes Association
J V Bjørnholt, G Erikssen, E Aaser, L Sandvik, S Nitter-Hauge, J Jervell, J Erikssen, E Thaulow; Fasting blood glucose: an underestimated risk factor for cardiovascular death. Results from a 22-year follow-up of healthy nondiabetic men.. Diabetes Care 1 January 1999; 22 (1): 45–49. https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.22.1.45 Download citation file: OBJECTIVE: Because of the available conflicting epidemiological data, we investigated the possible impact of fasting blood glucose as a risk factor for cardiovascular death in nondiabetic men. This study reports the results from a 22-year prospective study on fasting blood glucose as a predictor of cardiovascular death. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Of the 1,998 apparently healthy nondiabetic men (aged 40-59 years), a total of 1,973 with fasting blood glucose < 110 mg/dl were included in the study in which also a number of conventional risk factors were measured at baseline. RESULTS: After 22 years of follow-up, 483 men had died, 53% from cardiov
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