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Increased arterial stiffness in healthy subjects with high-normal glucose levels and in subjects with pre-diabetes

BACKGROUND: Increased fasting plasma glucose (FPG), which includes impaired fasting glucose (IFG), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and diabetes, is a risk factor for arterial stiffness. While IFG is widely accepted as a cardiovascular risk factor, recent studies have argued that subjects with high...

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Autores principales: Shin, Jin Young, Lee, Hye Ree, Lee, Duk Chul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3098149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21492487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-10-30