@article{2b393500ee1b11ddbf70000ea68e967b,
title = "Progression to impaired glucose regulation and diabetes in the population-based Inter99 study",
abstract = "Objective: To estimate the progression rates to impaired glucose regulation (impaired fasting glucose or impaired glucose tolerance) and diabetes in the Danish population-based Inter99 study and in a high-risk subpopulation, separately. Research Design and Methods: From a population-based primary prevention study, the Inter99 study, 4,615 individuals without diabetes at baseline and with relevant follow-up data were divided into a low- and a high-risk group based on a risk estimate of ischemic heart disease or the presence of risk factors (smoking, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, or having impaired glucose tolerance). High-risk individuals (57.1%) were examined with an oral glucose tolerance test at 1- and 3-year, and all the participants were re-examined at 5-year follow-up. Person-years at risk were calculated. Progression rates to impaired glucose regulation and diabetes were estimated directly from baseline to 5-year follow-up for all the participants, and from baseline through 1- and 3-, to 5-year follow-up for the high-risk individuals, separately. Results: In the combined low- and high-risk group, 2.1 per 100 person-years progressed from normal glucose tolerance to impaired glucose regulation or diabetes. Among high-risk individuals, 5.8 per 100 person-years with normal glucose tolerance progressed to impaired glucose regulation or diabetes, and 4.9 per 100 person-years progressed from impaired glucose regulation to diabetes. Conclusions: Progression rates to impaired glucose regulation using the current World Health Organization classification criteria were calculated for the first time in a large European population-based study. The progression rates to diabetes show the same pattern as seen in the few similar European studies.",
author = "Susanne Engberg and Dorte Vistisen and Cathrine Lau and Charlotte Gl{\"u}mer and Torben J{\o}rgensen and Oluf Pedersen and Knut Borch-Johnsen",
note = "Export Date: 4 November 2009Source: Scopus",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.2337/dc08-1869",
language = "English",
volume = "32",
pages = "606--11",
journal = "Diabetes Care",
issn = "0149-5992",
publisher = "American Diabetes Association",
}