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What are the links between moderate sugar levels and heart disease, researchers reveal

2023-11-18 19:48:37, Shëndeti CNA

What are the links between moderate sugar levels and heart disease, researchers

November 14 marked World Diabetes Day, and doctors warn that even if someone does not have diabetes, a slightly higher than normal blood sugar level increases the risk of heart disease. Researchers in the United Kingdom say that this risk is 30 percent higher in men who do not have diabetes but have higher than normal sugar levels, while in women the risk is even higher.

The researchers say it is not surprising that there is a link between heart disease and diabetes, but what they did not anticipate was that the large number of people with blood sugar levels only slightly higher than normal, would be so exposed to danger. Public health researchers from the University of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London analyzed data from 420,000 people registered with the Biobank, which collects biomedical data such as scans and blood test results.

The scientists chose to study people who generally had no history of heart disease. They then observed the test results for that group for over 15 years.

One of the study's leaders, Dr Christopher Rentsch, says the working group analyzed the level of glycated hemoglobin, which is the amount of sugar that attaches to hemoglobin, or red blood cells. If the body does not use sugar properly, it accumulates in these cells.

"We found that the risk of heart disease was present both in those who had very high blood sugar levels, which determines whether someone has diabetes, and in people with moderately high blood sugar levels below the typical level of diabetes".

The study found that pre-diabetic men whose blood sugar levels were below the diabetes level were 30% more at risk of heart disease. This risk increased to 50% for men with diabetes.

For women, the results are even more disturbing. Those who did not have diabetes but had high blood sugar were 50% more likely to develop heart disease. Dr. Rentsch says this risk is even higher for women with diabetes, up to 100%.

"Women with all types of high blood sugar were more overweight than the men we studied. At the same time, they used less than men preventive medications such as statins and those against hypertension", says Dr. Rentz.

Dr. Rentsch says the study shows that women need to be more aware of the risks obesity poses for diseases other than diabetes, and doctors need to be more proactive in prescribing medication.

Also, having lower blood sugar than diabetes does not necessarily mean that one is protected from heart disease.

"We found that it's not just people with diabetes who are at risk from a range of factors such as obesity and other lifestyle factors, something that was known. But these risks are present in both men and women with sugar percentages below the diabetes level. And that makes us wonder if we need to change the sugar levels we use to identify and define diabetes," he says.

According to Dr. Rentsch, the next phase of the study is to analyze how blood sugar levels affect heart disease./ VOA





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