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Cardiovascular Disease

New cardiovascular disease data have been reported by Y.S. Levitzky and co-authors

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 20th, 2008

According to recent research from the United States, "Objectives We sought to determine whether impaired fasting glucose (IFG) predicts cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. It is unclear which glucose threshold should define prediabetes."

"We compared the 1997 and 2003 American Diabetes Association (ADA) definitions of IFG to predict CVD. Framingham offspring participants free of CVD, categorized by the 1997 ADA IFG definition (fasting plasma glucose 110 to 125 mg/dI; 6.1 to 6.9 mmol/l) or the 2003 definition (100 to 125 mg/dI; 5.6 to 6.9 mmol/1), were followed from 1983 to 2004. Pooled logistic regression was used to calculate multivariable-adjusted odds ratios (ORs)...

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