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Article: Harmful blood glucose levels linked to defective gene.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- May 19, 2008
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A genetic mutation that can raise the amount of glucose in a person's blood to harmful levels is identified today in a study in the journal Science (see also
Imperial College London
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High levels of blood glucose increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and early death, even in healthy people who do not have diabetes and whose blood glucose levels are at the higher end of the range considered 'normal' by doctors. One in five people in the UK has a high blood glucose level.
The study, by researchers from Imperial College London, the French National Research Institute and McGill University in Canada, reveals an association between high levels of blood ...