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Post-prandial hyperglycemia
oleh: Santosh Kumar Singh
Format: | Article |
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Diterbitkan: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Isolated post prandial hyperglycaemia (PPHG) has been shown to double the risk for cardiovascular mortality. It also makes a significant contribution to overall glycaemia reflected in the HbA1c level. The harmful effects of PPHG are increased cardiovascular mortality, association with mic rovascular complications, cognitive decline and cancers. A variety of both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic trherapies are available to target PPHG.