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01-12-2015 | Meeting abstract
Association of pulse pressure with fasting and 2-h plasma glucose in subjects with different degrees of glucose tolerance
Authors:
Letícia Maria Tedesco Silva, Vanessa Piccoli, Barbara Limberger Nedel, Tássia Cividanes Pazinato, Leonardo de Andrade Mesquita, Luciana Pavan Antoniolli, Rodrigo Soares de Souza Marques, Fernando Gerchman
Published in:
Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
Increased pulse pressure (PP) is a strong predictor of cardiovascular mortality and it has been associated with an increased risk of developing diabetes and its microvascular complications. However, the mechanism underlying the association between PP and abnormalities of glucose metabolism is unclear. …