Open Access<p>The Relationship Between Fasting Blood Glucose Levels and First Ischemic Stroke in Elderly Hypertensive Patients</p>
Author(s) -
Yu-Qing Huang,
Kenneth Lo,
Xiao-cong Liu,
Songtao Tang,
Cheng Huang,
Yingqing Feng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s263213
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , stroke (engine) , diabetes mellitus , quartile , confounding , proportional hazards model , subgroup analysis , ischemic stroke , endocrinology , ischemia , mechanical engineering , engineering
The relationship between fasting blood glucose and first ischemic stroke in older adults was unclear, so we explored this association among older patients with hypertension in China.