Another paper showing that it’s not lipids (Bad cholesterol) that is responsible for Cardiovascular disease … it’s the Diabetes Stupid!
[Thanks to Ivor Cummins for the lead ]
The MOney shot is this extract right here.
Impaired fasting glucose (HR 2.5, 95% CI 1.2 to 5.1) were independent predictors for CVD mortality … after controlling for lipid-lowering medication use, and total cholesterol:high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio.
In other words just having high glucose will increase your risk for heart disease 2.5 times higher than it is for someone with normal glucose no matter WHAT your cholesterol numbers are, or whether you take a statin.
The risk for having ACTUAL diabetes is (HR 2.6, 95% CI 1.4 to 4.7) shows that it doesn’t matter whether your doctor knows you have diabetes or not … the risk is virtually the same.