Long-term instability of fasting plasma glucose, a novel predictor of cardiovascular mortality in elderly patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: The verona diabetes study

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1750-1754

  Muggeo, Michele ^a   Verlato, G ^b   Bonora, E ^b   Zoppini, G ^b   Corbellini, M ^b   De Marco, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes mellitus; Glucose; Metabolism; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030866140     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.6.1750     Document Type: Article

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