A prospective study of low fasting glucose with cardiovascular disease events and all-cause mortality: The Women's Health Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While there is increasing recognition of the risks associated with hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes, few studies have investigated incident cause-specific cardiovascular outcomes with regard to low fasting glucose in the general population.

Objective

We hypothesized that low fasting glucose would be associated with cardiovascular disease risk and all-cause mortality in postmenopausal women.

Methods

To test our hypothesis, we used both continuous incidence rates and Cox proportional hazards models in 17,287 participants from the Women's Health Initiative with fasting glucose measured at baseline. Participants were separated into groups based on fasting glucose level: low (<80mg/dL), normal/reference (80-99mg/dL), impaired (100-125mg/dL), and diabetic (

SUBMITTER: Mongraw-Chaffin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5402725 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature