Stress hyperglycaemia in hospitalised patients and their 3-year risk of diabetes: a Scottish retrospective cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>Hyperglycaemia during hospital admission is common in patients who are not known to have diabetes and is associated with adverse outcomes. The risk of subsequently developing type 2 diabetes, however, is not known. We linked a national database of hospital admissions w...

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Main Authors: David A McAllister, Katherine A Hughes, Nazir Lone, Nicholas L Mills, Naveed Sattar, John McKnight, Sarah H Wild
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-08-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25136809/pdf/?tool=EBI