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Glucose levels on hospital admission predict risk of diabetes mellitus

Nature Reviews Endocrinology volume 10, page 640 (2014)Cite this article

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Blood glucose levels measured within 2 days of admission to hospital are linearly associated with the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), according to the results of a Scottish study published in PLoS Medicine. The findings could be used to inform patients of their long-term risk of T2DM and to target follow-up and lifestyle advice to those at highest risk.

Linking data from the national diabetes register in Scotland (SCI-DC) with data on emergency hospitalizations, which included blood test results on admission to hospital, the researchers retrospectively analysed a cohort of 86,512 patients aged ≥40 years who had an emergency admission to hospital between 2004 and 2008. Incident T2DM was defined as having T2DM recorded on SCI-DC between 31 days and 3 years after discharge from hospital.

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  1. McAllister, D. A. et al. Stress hyperglycaemia in hospitalised patients and their 3-year risk of diabetes: a Scottish retrospective cohort study. PLoS Med. 11, e1001708 (2014)

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Holmes, D. Glucose levels on hospital admission predict risk of diabetes mellitus. Nat Rev Endocrinol 10, 640 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2014.161

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