High blood glucose levels are putting half of British adults at risk of fatal
heart attacks and strokes, says a study in the British Medical Journal
(vol 322, p 15), but few of these people would be classed as diabetic. Kay-Tee
Khaw and her team at Cambridge University identified 4662 men in Norfolk who
were aged 45 to 79 in 1995 and who had had their blood sugar measured. Of those
who have since died and had raised blood glucose levels, only 18 per cent would
be called diabetic. Khaw says blood glucose should be considered alongside high
cholesterol and…
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