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Diabetes Pathogenesis
Impaired fasting glucose is independently related to mortality risks for CVD and diabetes
March 6th, 2006
Impaired fasting glucose is independently related to mortality risks for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. According to recent research published in the journal Diabetes Care, "The objective of this article was to assess mortality risks at different levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG) in Taiwan, with particular attention to those prediabetic subjects with impaired fasting glucose (IFG). C.P. Wen and colleagues working with the National Health Research Institute explained, "Governmental employees and schoolteachers were followed up for an average of 11 years. With the use of Cox regression analyses, mortality risks were calculated for...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2006-03-06)
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