A. Jager

TL;DR: To determine the incidence of diabetes in relation to baseline fasting and postload glucose levels and other risk factors, a population-based cohort study among 1342 nondiabetic white residents of Hoorn, the Netherlands among participants with IFG, IGT, and normal glucose levels at baseline was conducted.

TL;DR: It is concluded that both microalbuminuria and peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a generally accepted marker of generalized atherosclerosis, are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality.

TL;DR: Increased levels of von Willebrand factor (vWf) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are independently associated with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in both diabetic and nondiabetic subjects, favoring the hypothesis that vWf and CRP predict mortality through different pathways.

TL;DR: Levels of sVCAM-1 are independently associated with the risk of cardiovascular mortality in type 2 diabetic subjects and therefore might be useful for identifying subjects at increased cardiovascular risk, and argue against the hypotheses of s VCAM- 1 levels simply being a marker of endothelial dysfunction, of low-grade inflammation, or of an impaired renal function.

TL;DR: Both hyperhomocysteinemia and protein intake are related to microalbuminuria independent of NIDDM and hypertension, and may partly explain the link between MA and increased risk of cardiovascular disease.