A Novel Risk Classification Paradigm for Patients With Impaired Glucose Tolerance and High Cardiovascular Risk

• Published in: The American Journal of Cardiology
• Main Authors: Bethel, M. Angelyn, Chacra, Antonio R., Deedwania, Prakash, Fulcher, Gregory R., Holman, Rury R., Jenssen, Trond, Kahn, Steven E., Levitt, Naomi S., McMurray, John J. V., Califf, Robert M., Raptis, Sotirios A., Thomas, Laine, Sun, Jie-Lena, Haffner, Steven M.
• Other Authors: Univ Oxford, Duke Univ, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Univ Calif San Francisco Program Fresno, Vet Adm Cent Calif Hlth Care Syst, Univ Sydney, Univ Tromso, Vet Affairs Puget Sound Hlth Care Syst, Univ Washington, Univ Cape Town, Univ Glasgow, Attikon Univ Hosp
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2013
• Subjects: Norway; Tromso
• Online Access: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/36542; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.03.019

We used baseline data from the NAVIGATOR trial to (1) identify risk factors for diabetes progression in those with impaired glucose tolerance and high cardiovascular risk, (2) create models predicting 5-year incident diabetes, and (3) provide risk classification tools to guide clinical interventions...