Population
102 Japanese patients with impaired glucose tolerance with normotension and prehypertension, mean age 58+/-5…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May flag prehypertension risk via fasting insulin in impaired glucose tolerance; leaves open causality and clinical utility pending prospective data.
Fasting immunoreactive insulin is an independent predictor of prehypertension in patients with impaired glucose tolerance, highlighting the link between hyperinsulinemia and early blood pressure elevation.
Anan et al. (2008) studied this question.
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