Fasting Glucose Level and the Risk of Incident Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases.

CONCLUSIONSBoth low glucose level and impaired fasting glucose should be considered as predictors of risk for stroke and coronary heart disease. The fasting glucose level associated with the lowest cardiovascular risk may be in a narrow range.
PMID: 23404299 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Diabetes Care - February 12, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Park C, Guallar E, Linton JA, Lee DC, Jang Y, Son DK, Han EJ, Baek SJ, Yun YD, Jee SH, Samet JM Tags: Diabetes Care Source Type: research