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01-03-2019 | Research Letter
One hour post-load plasma glucose and 3 year risk of worsening fasting and 2 hour glucose tolerance in the RISC cohort
Authors:
Melania Manco, Andrea Mari, John Petrie, Geltrude Mingrone, Beverley Balkau, for the EGIR-RISC study group
Published in:
Diabetologia
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Issue 3/2019
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Excerpt
To the Editor: The 1 h post-load plasma glucose (1hPG) measurement has the potential to serve as a sensitive screening tool for identifying people who, despite having normal glucose tolerance (NGT), are at high-risk of developing type 2 diabetes over the next few years [
1,
2]. Screening would be timely, as beta cells are still functional and lifestyle and drug interventions may be effective in delaying diabetes onset. …