Abstract
Background: Diabetes and prediabetic conditions are growing cardiovascular risk factors. Better understanding and earlier recognition and treatment of dysglycemia-related risk are health priorities. We assessed the predictive value of 3 proposed new markers for diabetes and cardiovascular risk. We tested whether the plasma levels of (1) asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), (2) cortisol/cortisone (Cl/Cn) ratio, and (3) C-peptide predicted glycemic status, coronary artery disease, and death or myocardial infarction (MI) in a nested case-control cohort (N = 850) with normal fasting glucose (
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 67-73 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | American Heart Journal |
Volume | 153 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine