Non-cholesterol sterol levels predict hyperglycemia and conversion to type 2 diabetes in Finnish men.

We investigated the levels of non-cholesterol sterols as predictors for the development of hyperglycemia (an increase in the glucose area under the curve in an oral glucose tolerance test) and incident type 2 diabetes in a 5-year follow-up study of a population-based cohort of Finnish men (METSIM St...

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Main Authors: Henna Cederberg, Helena Gylling, Tatu A Miettinen, Jussi Paananen, Jagadish Vangipurapu, Jussi Pihlajamäki, Teemu Kuulasmaa, Alena Stančáková, Ulf Smith, Johanna Kuusisto, Markku Laakso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3696087?pdf=render