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Impaired Fasting Glucose and the Risk of Incident Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Events in an Adult Population

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Yeboah, Joseph, Bertoni, Alain G., Herrington, David M., Post, Wendy S., Burke, Gregory L.·2011·Journal of the American College of Cardiology

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Objectives The purpose of the study was to assess the cardiovascular risk of impaired fasting glucose (IFG).Background The associations between IFG, incident type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and cardiovascular (CV) events remains unclear.Methods The MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) study included participants who were 45 to 84 years or age and free of clinical CV disease at baseline (2000 to 2002). Type 2 DM was defined as fasting glucose >125 mg/dl or receiving antidiabetes medication at baseline and follow-up examinations; IFG was defined as no T2DM and fasting glucose 100 to 125 mg/dl. Cox proportional hazards analysis was used to assess the association between IFG and incident DM and also between IFG and incident CV events.Results Of 6,753 participants included in these analyses, 840 (12.7%) had T2DM and 940 (13.8%) had IFG at the baseline examination. During 7.5 years of follow-up, there were 418 adjudicated CV events. Type 2 DM was associated with an increased CV incidence in the univariate model (hazard ratio [HR]: 2.83, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.25 to 3.56, p < 0.0001) and multivariate model adjusted for demographics and traditional risk factors (HR: 1.87, 95% CI: 1.47 to 2.37, p < 0.0001) compared with subjects not having T2DM (IFG plus normal fasting glucose). Impaired fasting glucose was associated with increased incidence of T2DM (HR: 13.2, 95% CI: 10.8 to 16.2, p < 0.001) that remained after adjusting for demographics, highest educational level, physical activity, and body mass index (HR: 10.5, 95% CI: 8.4 to 13.1, p < 0.001) compared with normal fasting glucose. Impaired fasting glucose was associated with incident CV events in the univariate model (HR: 1.64, 95% CI: 1.26 to 2.14, p < 0.001) but not in the full multivariate model (HR: 1.16, 95% CI: 0.88 to 1.52, p = 0.3) compared with normal fasting glucose.Conclusions Having IFG was not independently associated with an increased short-term risk for incident CV events. These data reiterate the importance of intervention for persons with IFG to reduce their incidence of T2DM.

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  • Recent major studies found annualised diabetes incidence of 11% in the DPP Outcomes Study, 6% among MESA participants with IFG, 9% among Japanese participants with IFG, and 7% among those with A1c 5.7-6.4%.

    “In more recent major studies, progression estimates have been similar: the annualised incidence was 11% in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Outcomes Study,15 6% among participants with IFG in the US Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA),16 9% among participants with IFG and 7% among those with an A1c 5.7–6.4% in a Japanese population-based study.17”

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Authors
Yeboah, J., Bertoni, A. G., Herrington, D. M., Post, W. S., & Burke, G. L.
Affiliations
  • University of Virginia Medical Center (US)
  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences (US)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
Corresponding author
Yeboah, Joseph
Venue
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-07
Volume
58
Issue
2
Pages
140-146
ISSN
0735-1097 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W197779105
Cited by
120
References
21
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FWCI
5.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32 HL076132)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
Keywords
impaired fasting glucose, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular events, cardiovascular risk, new-onset diabetes, prediabetes, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, fasting blood glucose, adults without diabetes, body mass index, physical activity, educational attainment, cardiovascular risk stratification, diabetes screening, diabetes prevention, cardiovascular disease prevention
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Blood Glucose, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Ethnicity, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Risk, Body Mass Index, Proportional Hazards Models, Diabetes Complications, Atherosclerosis

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