- Researchers found that people with elevated blood sugar levels have a 30–50% increased risk of developing heart disease, even if their blood sugar levels are below the threshold for diabetes.
- The findings show that males were more likely to be prescribed preventive antihypertensive and statin therapies than females, revealing a “prescribing gap.”
- Healthy blood sugar levels are important for health and energy, and certain factors may spike blood sugar, even when a person does not have diabetes.
Every person needs a certain amount of sugar in their
A person’s blood sugar levels will fluctuate throughout the day depending on what they eat and is also impacted by their age and overall health.
Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and University College London have found both men and women with raised blood sugar levels have a 30–50% increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease, even if their blood sugar levels are below the threshold for diabetes.
Additionally, researchers reported a potential disparity between the amount of preventive
This study was recently published in the journal The Lancet Regional Health – Europe.
Researchers analyzed data from the UK Biobank of more than 427,000 UK residents for the study.
About 54% of participants were females and about 46% were males. All participants had different blood sugar levels including:
- healthy
- prediabetic
- diabetic
Dr. Christopher Rentsch, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and lead author of this study explained to Medical News Today:
“We were interested to explore which risk factors drive known sex differences in the risk of heart disease between men and women with diabetes, and whether men or women with moderately elevated blood sugar below the threshold for…
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