Women and Heart Disease The Role of Diabetes and Hyperglycemia Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD; Elsa-Grace V. Giardina, MD; Anselm K. Gitt, MD; Uwe Gudat, MD; Helmut O. Steinberg, MD; Diethelm Tschoepe, MD Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:934-942.
After adjusting for other risk factors impaired fasting glucose was associated with a 2.5-fold increase in the risk of a fatal cardiac event within five years (hazard ratio 2.5, 95% CI 1.2-5.1), said Elizabeth L.M. Barr, M.P.H., of the International Diabe