Glycaemic measures and risk of mortality in older Chinese: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.
CONCLUSION: Individuals with isolated higher 2h post-load glucose had a higher risk of mortality by 43% than those with normoglycaemia. Under-use of OGTT leads to substantial under-detection of individuals with a higher mortality risk and lost opportunities for early intervention.
PMID: 31679008 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Jiang CQ, Xu L, Lam TH, Jin YL, Sen Zhang W, Zhu F, Thomas GN, Cheng KK Tags: J Clin Endocrinol Metab Source Type: research
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