Enhanced Predictive Capability of a 1-Hour Oral Glucose Tolerance Test: A Prospective Population-Based Cohort Study

• Published in: Diabetes care Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 171 - 177
• Main Authors: Pareek, Manan, Bhatt, Deepak L., Nielsen, Mette L., Jagannathan, Ram, Eriksson, Karl-Fredrik, Nilsson, Peter M., Bergman, Michael, Olsen, Michael H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Diabetes Association 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Blood; Blood Glucose - metabolism; Body Mass Index; Clinical Medicine; Cohort analysis; Complications; Diabetes; Diabetes Complications - blood; Diabetes Complications - diagnosis; Diabetes Complications - epidemiology; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - blood; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diagnosis; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology; Diagnostic tests; Endocrinology and Diabetes; Endokrinologi och diabetes; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Glucose; Glucose Intolerance - blood; Glucose Intolerance - diagnosis; Glucose tolerance; Glucose Tolerance Test; Hazards; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Klinisk medicin; Male; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Middle Aged; Mortality; Population studies; Population-based studies; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; Quantitative analysis; Reclassification; Regression analysis; Research design; Risk Assessment; Time Factors

To examine whether the 1-h blood glucose measurement would be a more suitable screening tool for assessing the risk of diabetes and its complications than the 2-h measurement. We conducted a prospective population-based cohort study of 4,867 men, randomly selected from prespecified birth cohorts bet...