LITERATURE REVIEW

Author Year Country

(Language)
Method Aim Result
LITERATURE REVIEW
Asia Pacific
Cohort Studies
Collaboration
2004 New Zealand
(English)
Cohort Study Assess the shae and
strength of the association
between usual blood
glucose and cardio!ascular
disease (C"#) in Asian and
Australasian cohorts and to
deter$ine the i$act of
ad%usting for other
deter$inants of C"# ris&
and e'cluding eole with
diabetes(
)asting blood glucose data were a!ailable for 2*+,4-.
articiants, and during/0(2 $illion erson1years of
follow1u, there were 0,--0 stro&e and .0- ische$ic
heart disease (23#) e!ents( #ata were also a!ailable on
2+,44- articiants with nonfasting glucose
$easure$ents( Continuous ositi!e associations were
de$onstrated between usual fasting glucose and the ris&s
of C"# down to at least 4(4 $$ol5l( 6!erall, each 0
$$ol5l lower usual fasting glucose was associated with a
207 (487 C2 0.9247) lower ris& of total stro&e and a
2*7 (0492+7) lower ris& of total 23#( :he associations
were si$ilar in $en and wo$en, across age1grous, and
in Asian co$ared with Australasian (Australia and New
Zealand) oulations( Ad%usting for otential confounders
or re$o!ing those with diabetes as baseline did not
substantially affect the associations( Associations for
nonfasting glucose were wea&er than those with fasting
glucose(