Type 2 & other diabetes

Characteristics and Risk of Diabetes in People With Rare Glucose Response Curve During an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

J Clin Endocrinol MetabPublished Cohort study

Main finding · Diabetes onsetResult — go to the resultHazard ratio 0.30

Authors' conclusion

People with lower 30-minute PG than fasting PG tended to be women, young, healthy, and at low risk of diabetes onset.

Study context

Population
Japanese general population without diabetes, 3995 men and 3500 women, mean age 56.7 years3,897 analysed prospectively
Participants
7,495 participants
Exposure
Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) glucose response curve groups: Plasma glucose (PG) at 30 min < fasting PG (group 3) and PG at 30 min ≥ fasting PG with PG at 60 min < fasting PG (group 2) vs PG at 30 and 60 min ≥ fasting PG (group 1)
  • Group 1n = 6,552reference
  • Group 2n = 769
  • Group 3n = 174
Outcome
Diabetes onset
Follow-up
Mean 5.8 years
Methodological detailspopulation-based
  • Population-based

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Hazard ratio

0.30

Developed diabetes among 3897 participants analyzed prospectively
434

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

Characteristics by group

Group 3 glucose response curve was boat shaped
Group 3 had the youngest age, lowest percentage of men and best health condition, followed by groups 2 and 1

Original publication

Characteristics and Risk of Diabetes in People With Rare Glucose Response Curve During an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. Published 1 December 2023. doi:10.1210/clinem/dgad698

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