Open AccessAssociation of Random Plasma Glucose Levels With the Risk for Cardiovascular Disease Among Chinese Adults Without Known Diabetes
Author(s) -
Fiona Bragg,
Liming Li,
Derrick Bennett,
Canqing Yu,
Sarah Lewington,
Zheng Bian,
Ling Yang,
Junshi Chen,
Yiping Chen,
Rory Collins,
Richard Peto,
Baoyu Zhu,
Jiyuan Yin,
Ximin Hu,
Liyuan Zhou,
Yaxing Pan,
Zhengming Chen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2380-6591
pISSN - 2380-6583
DOI - 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.1702
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , hazard ratio , stroke (engine) , proportional hazards model , myocardial infarction , type 2 diabetes , prospective cohort study , cardiology , confidence interval , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Diabetes is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Substantial uncertainty remains, however, about the relevance to CVD risk for blood glucose levels below the diabetes threshold.
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