HbA1c Identifies Subjects With Prediabetes and Subclinical Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction

• Published in: The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism Vol. 102; no. 10; pp. 3756 - 3764
• Main Authors: Di Pino, Antonino, Mangiafico, Sarah, Urbano, Francesca, Scicali, Roberto, Scandura, Salvatore, D’Agate, Veronica, Piro, Salvatore, Tamburino, Corrado, Purrello, Francesco, Rabuazzo, Agata Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Endocrine Society 01.10.2017; Copyright Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Advanced glycosylation end products; Aged; Asymptomatic Diseases; Atrium; Blood glucose; Blood Glucose - analysis; Cardiovascular diseases; Congestive heart failure; Coronary artery disease; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diastole; Doppler effect; Echocardiography; Fasting; Female; Glucose; Glucose tolerance; Glucose Tolerance Test; Glycated Hemoglobin A - analysis; Glycosylation; Heart diseases; Hemoglobin; Humans; Laboratory testing; Male; Middle Aged; Prediabetic State - blood; Prediabetic State - classification; Prediabetic State - complications; Prediabetic State - diagnosis; Ventricle; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - blood; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - complications; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnosis; Young Adult

ContextPrediabetes is associated with subclinical cardiac changes associated with heart failure development.ObjectiveWe investigated diastolic function and its association with markers of glycation and inflammation related to cardiovascular disease in patients with prediabetes. We focused on individ...