Association between random glucose and all-cause mortality: findings from the mortality follow-up of the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998

Association between random glucose and all-cause mortality: findings from the mortality follow-up of the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998

Abstract Background Random glucose is widely measured in epidemiological studies and in the clinical setting when standardized fasting protocols and oral glucose tolerance testing or HbA1c measuring are not feasible. The relationship between random glucose and all-cause mortality has hardly been stu...

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Main Authors: Jens Baumert, Christin Heidemann, Rebecca Paprott, Yong Du, Christa Scheidt-Nave
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Endocrine Disorders
Subjects:
Random glucose
All-cause mortality
Fasting time
Diabetes prevention
Population-based study
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12902-018-0319-2

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