Diabetes Mellitus, Fasting Glucose, and Risk of Cause-Specific Death

Rao Kondapally Seshasai, Sreenivasa; Kaptoge, Stephen; Thompson, Alexander; Di Angelantonio, Emanuele; Gao, Pei; Sarwar, Nadeem; H. Whincup, Peter; J. Mukamal, Kenneth; F Gillum, Richard; Holme, Ingar; Njølstad, Inger; Fletcher, Astrid; Nilsson, Peter; Lewington, Sarah; Collins, Rory; Guðnason, Vilmundur; G. Thompson, Simon; Sattar, Naveed; Selvin, Elizabeth; B. Hu, Frank; Danesh, John

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1008862

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Diabetes Mellitus, Fasting Glucose, and Risk of Cause-Specific Death

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 3, 2011

Authors:

Sreenivasa Rao Kondapally Seshasai

Stephen Kaptoge

Alexander Thompson

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The extent to which diabetes mellitus or hyperglycemia is related to risk of death from cancer or other nonvascular conditions is uncertain. METHODS: We calculated hazard ratios for cause-specific death, according to baseline diabetes status or fasting glucose level, from individual-part...

Subject

Diabetes mellitus

Medicine

Internal medicine

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