Nonfasting Glucose and Incident Stroke and Its Types 　- The Circulatory Risk in Communities Study (CIRCS).

CONCLUSIONS: Nonfasting glucose concentration, either as a diagnosis of prediabetic and diabetic types or as a continuous variable, proved to be an independent predictor significantly attributed to incident total stroke, especially ischemic stroke and lacunar infarction, in the general population.
PMID: 29445058 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Circulation Journal - February 14, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Imano H, Iso H, Kitamura A, Yamagishi K, Hayama-Terada M, Muraki I, Okada T, Umesawa M, Ohira T, Sankai T, Cui R, Tanigawa T, Kiyama M, CIRCS Investigators Tags: Circ J Source Type: research