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Glucose levels and risk of dementia.
The New England journal of medicine - 8 Aug 2013
Crane Paul K, Walker Rod, Hubbard Rebecca A, Li Ge, Nathan David M, Zheng Hui, Haneuse Sebastien, Craft Suzanne, Montine Thomas J, Kahn Steven E, McCormick Wayne, McCurry Susan M, Bowen James D, Larson Eric B
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BACKGROUND: Diabetes is a risk factor for dementia. It is unknown whether higher glucose levels increase the risk of dementia in people without diabetes. METHODS: We used 35,264 clinical measurements of glucose levels and 10,208 measurements of glycated hemoglobin levels from 2067 participants without dementia to examine the relationship between glucose levels and the risk of dementia. Participants were from the...
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