ea0029p538 | Diabetes | ICEECE2012
Lutgers H.
, Campbell L.
, Baune B.
, Brodaty H.
, Trollor J.
, Sachdev P.
, Samaras K.
Introduction: The prevalence of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) in the elderly approaches 50% in some community-dwelling cohorts. We examined whether IFG is associated with a higher burden of disease, cardiovascular risk factors and circulating low-grade inflammation than in normoglycemic elderly people.Methods/Design: Cross-sectional data of 929 participants of the Sydney Memory and Aging Study (MAS) were examined. MAS is a population-derived cohort of c...