1. Association between postprandial hyperglycemia at clinic visits and all-cause and cancer mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes: A long-term historical cohort study in Japan.
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Takao, Toshiko, Takahashi, Kazuyuki, Suka, Machi, Suzuki, Nobumi, and Yanagisawa, Hiroyuki
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TYPE 2 diabetes , *HYPERGLYCEMIA , *CANCER patients , *CANCER-related mortality , *BLOOD sugar analysis , *OUTPATIENT medical care , *BLOOD sugar , *CAUSES of death , *INGESTION , *LONGITUDINAL method , *TUMORS , *DISEASE complications - Abstract
Aims: To evaluate the effect of postprandial hyperglycemia at clinic visits on all-cause and cancer mortality independent of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels in a real-world setting in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes. We also investigated age at death.Methods: This historical cohort study included 1582 patients with type 2 diabetes who first visited our clinic from 1995 to 1998 and continued visiting for at least 1 year. The patients were followed up through 2017. Blood glucose levels at 2 h ± 30 min post-breakfast (2h-PBBG) were measured in 926 patients during the first year. The first measurements of 2h-PBBG levels were used as a measure of postprandial hyperglycemia.Results: A total of 233 patients died. The average age at death (men/women) was 75.6/80.8 years. A total of 139 patients who had 2h-PBBG levels measured died, including 46 deaths from cancer. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that 2h-PBBG levels significantly predicted all-cause and cancer mortality independent of HbA1c levels.Conclusions: Postprandial hyperglycemia at clinic visits may be associated with all-cause and cancer mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes independent of HbA1c levels. As this is a small observational study, further studies are warranted to confirm our findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2019
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