Normal Fasting Plasma Glucose Levels and Type 2 Diabetes in Young Men

2005508 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Amir Tirosh · Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps

Iris Shai

Dorit Tekes-Manova · Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps

Eran Israeli · Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps

David Pereg · Meir Medical Center

Tzippora Shochat · Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps

Ilan Kochba · Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps

Abstract

Higher fasting plasma glucose levels within the normoglycemic range constitute an independent risk factor for type 2 diabetes among young men, and such levels may help, along with body-mass index and triglyceride levels, to identify apparently healthy men at increased risk for diabetes.

Topics & Keywords

Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 353, Issue 14, pp. 1454-1462

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa050080

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