Author Interviews, Diabetes, Heart Disease, JAMA / 21.07.2016
Non-Diabetics With High Blood Sugar May Face Increased Heart Disease Risk
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Dr Fiona Bragg
Clinical Research Fellow
Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit
Nuffield Department of Population Health
University of Oxford
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Diabetes is known to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. It is less clear, however, whether higher blood glucose levels in individuals without diabetes are also associated with higher risk for cardiovascular diseases. It is important to examine this association because it may help us to understand the mechanisms underlying these diseases as well as appropriate approaches to preventing them. We therefore looked at this association in the China Kadoorie Biobank study of 0.5 million Chinese adults, examining the relationship between blood glucose levels and the subsequent risk for cardiovascular diseases among participants with no history of diabetes at the time of recruitment to the study.
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