Association of serum C-peptide concentrations with cancer mortality risk in pre-diabetes or undiagnosed diabetes.

BACKGROUND: Known associations between diabetes and cancer could logically be attributed to hyperglycemia, hypersecretion of insulin, and/or insulin resistance. This study examined the relationship between initial glycemic biomarkers among men and women with impaired fasting glucose or undiagnosed d...

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Main Authors: Chih-Neng Hsu, Chia-Hsuin Chang, Yu-Sheng Lin, Jou-Wei Lin, James L Caffrey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3566039?pdf=render