Dysglycaemia in non-diabetic hypertensive patients: comparison of the impact of two different classifications of impaired fasting glucose on the cardiovascular risk profile

The clinical correlates and risk profile of prediabetes (fasting plasma glucose (FPG) values in the upper normal limits but below the diabetic threshold) in hypertension, an insulin-resistant, prodiabetogenic condition, are scarcely known. For this reason, we evaluated 982 non-diabetic (FPG,

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of human hypertension 2009-05, Vol.23 (5), p.332-338
Hauptverfasser: Dell'Omo, G, Penno, G, Del Prato, S, Mariani, M, Pedrinelli, R
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Zusammenfassung:The clinical correlates and risk profile of prediabetes (fasting plasma glucose (FPG) values in the upper normal limits but below the diabetic threshold) in hypertension, an insulin-resistant, prodiabetogenic condition, are scarcely known. For this reason, we evaluated 982 non-diabetic (FPG,
ISSN:0950-9240
1476-5527
DOI:10.1038/jhh.2008.142