Association between fasting blood glucose levels and stroke events: a large-scale community-based cohort study from China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Diabetes mellitus has been associated with stroke. However, the association between fasting blood glucose (FBG) and stroke risk in a general population remains not clear. The purpose of our study was to examine the FBG levels on subsequent stroke risk in a community-based cohort in China.

Design

Prospective cohort study, employing Cox proportional hazard model to analyse the association of FBG levels with stroke risk.

Setting

A community-based cohort study included adults participating in a baseline survey conducted in 2013 in Changshu, eastern China.

Participants

16 113 participants were recruited with a multistage sampling method, excluding participants with severe disability, severe cancer, severe psychiatric disturbance or previous stroke before

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8375728 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature