Type 2 Diabetes - Blood Sugar Levels and Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary arteries feed your heart muscle, and when they become blocked, your heart does not get enough oxygen, causing you chest pain and sometimes permanent damage.
The condition is known as coronary artery disease, and Type 2 diabetics are at a known risk.
Researchers looked at HbA1c levels and compared them with cases connected with cardiovascular disease to discover what HbA1c levels put diabetics at high risk for heart disease.
Their study, published in 2012 in the journal Endocrinology of Poland, included...
52 per cent or higher, were at a high risk for cardiovascular disease, and predicting this disease in participants with that HbA1c level or higher, was about 75 per cent accurate.
From these results, it was concluded high HbA1c levels could play an important part in the development of cardiovascular or coronary artery disease.
The good news is, according to the U.
S.
National Health and Nutrition Examination survey, good care appears to lower the risk of coronary artery disease in people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
The prevalence of cardiovascular disease among diabetics in the USA went down between 1999 and 2008.
In a report published in 2010 in the American Diabetes Association's journal Diabetes Care, improvements in:
The estimated 10 year risk of developing coronary artery disease went from 21.
1 per cent in 1999 to 2000, to 16.
4 per cent in 2007 to 2008.
Another good bit of news is younger people having bypass grafts to treat cardiovascular disease can usually go back to work, according to a study by researchers at Princess Alexandra Hospital and the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
This study, published in 2012 in the Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, included 172 patients below 50 years of age who underwent bypass grafts surgery.
One hundred and twenty-seven, or 93 per cent, were able to return to work after their procedures.
Of course, prevention is best, so keep your HbA1c level below 6.
52 per cent.
The condition is known as coronary artery disease, and Type 2 diabetics are at a known risk.
Researchers looked at HbA1c levels and compared them with cases connected with cardiovascular disease to discover what HbA1c levels put diabetics at high risk for heart disease.
Their study, published in 2012 in the journal Endocrinology of Poland, included...
- 211 patients with disease of the coronary arteries, and
- 160 healthy participants, ranging in age from 34 to 38.
- the people with cardiovascular disease had an average HbA1c level of 6.
1 per cent, while - healthy people had an average HbA1c level of 4.
7 per cent.
52 per cent or higher, were at a high risk for cardiovascular disease, and predicting this disease in participants with that HbA1c level or higher, was about 75 per cent accurate.
From these results, it was concluded high HbA1c levels could play an important part in the development of cardiovascular or coronary artery disease.
The good news is, according to the U.
S.
National Health and Nutrition Examination survey, good care appears to lower the risk of coronary artery disease in people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
The prevalence of cardiovascular disease among diabetics in the USA went down between 1999 and 2008.
In a report published in 2010 in the American Diabetes Association's journal Diabetes Care, improvements in:
- HbA1c,
- blood pressure, and
- cholesterol levels
The estimated 10 year risk of developing coronary artery disease went from 21.
1 per cent in 1999 to 2000, to 16.
4 per cent in 2007 to 2008.
Another good bit of news is younger people having bypass grafts to treat cardiovascular disease can usually go back to work, according to a study by researchers at Princess Alexandra Hospital and the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
This study, published in 2012 in the Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, included 172 patients below 50 years of age who underwent bypass grafts surgery.
One hundred and twenty-seven, or 93 per cent, were able to return to work after their procedures.
Of course, prevention is best, so keep your HbA1c level below 6.
52 per cent.
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