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New type 2 diabetes findings from A. Tirosh and co-authors described

Published in Blood Weekly, December 4th, 2008

"The association between changes in triglyceride concentrations over time and diabetes is Unknown. We assessed whether two triglyceride determinations obtained 5 years apart can predict incident type 2 diabetes," scientists in Tel Hashomer, Israel report.

"Triglyceride levels at baseline (time 1) and 5 years later (time 2), followed by subsequent follow-up of 5.5 years, were measured in 13,953 apparently health), men (age 26-45 years) with triglycerides < 300 mg/dl (< 3.39 mmol/l). During 76,742 person-years, 322 cases of diabetes occurred. A multivariate model adjusted for age, BMI, total cholesterol-to-HDL cholesterol ratio, family history of diabetes, fasting...

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