Hyperglycemia is the variable that most affects the number of deaths from heart attack

Medical Xpress / FAPESP / PLOS ONE ^ | Sept. 19, 2022 | Ricardo Muniz / Renato Simões Gaspar et al

[ConservativeMind]

Several factors increase the risk of heart attack, such as high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), obesity, abnormal cholesterol levels, high blood pressure (hypertension), and smoking. A study has quantified the impact of each factor associated with death from cardiovascular disease. Hyperglycemia correlated 5 to 10 times more than other factors.

"Regardless of the control we used—and we tested variables, statistical models and methods of different kinds—diabetes was also associated with mortality from cardiovascular disease. Moreover, the association was not confined to the year analyzed but lasted for up to a decade," said Renato Gaspar.

According to the authors, the findings provide evidence that strategies to reduce smoking were key to reduce mortality from cardiovascular disease.

Differences between men and women were also significant for the scientists, who note that sex-specific disparities reiterated the findings of other studies showing diabetes and hyperglycemia to be more significant risk factors for women than men.

Cardiovascular disease mortality and incidence fell 21% and 8% respectively between 2005 and 2017 in Brazil, owing mainly to improved access to basic health care as well as the reduction in smoking. This finding took into account the importance of hypertension, which is frequently associated with heart disease. Nevertheless, the contribution of hyperglycemia was seven times that of hypertension, possibly because access to the universal health service and better primary care coverage raised the control of hypertension in the overall population to a higher level.

This analysis was corroborated by the finding that the association between hyperglycemia and cardiovascular disease mortality was independent of socioeconomic status and access to health care.

[ConservativeMind]

Getting blood sugar consistently down helps you with a future heart attack.

Not that any of us want that…

[ConservativeMind]

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[perfect_rovian_storm]

So I just need to stay falling down drunk all the time to lower my blood sugar and I’ll live forever. Done and done.

[ClearCase_guy]

Could be the blood sugar ... could be the vaxx. There’s no way of telling, really.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[BipolarBob]

Sacrifices have to be made. If you can’t afford the medicine that works (I can’t), then the next best thing is snake bite medicine.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Thanks CM; Getting blood sugar down avoids diabetes and death by a thousand amputations! (Eny meany miney mo, amputate another toe!)

(An excellent reason to avoid hydrogenated fats as well; they accumulate in your capillaries and block blood flow!)

My mother died of kidney failure associated with diabetes. The doctors looking at her blood work failed to take into account the loss of body mass due to amputation of her legs above the knees and miscalculated the actual high % of creatine (IIRC) in her blood. While at some point they might have taken some action, maybe dialysis, It probably would not have made much difference long term. She was in her late 70s, overweight, and if she wanted cookies she had cookies. ("Don't bother her, let her have what she wants! Its her only pleasure!") Said her Daughter my sister who on her way to the same end.

Remember Future Diabetics! Remind your doctors to adjust total body mass when doing blood work calculations after you get those limbs amputated! (slightly bitter sarcasm / )

[Pelham]

“diabetes and hyperglycemia” sounds redundant but it’s apparently not.

My insurer sent me a Livongo glucose meter even though I’m not diabetic. I’m not sure why since my blood sugar has never been a problem. But it’s a cool little toy so I use it. If they had a meter for testing LDL and HDL that would be valuable for me but afaik there isn’t a reliable one.

[Pelham]

They were measuring creatinine. They probably were using the “estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate”, eGFR, rather than the more precise “measured GFR”.

But if a diabetic won’t change their diet it won’t matter which test they use. The insidious thing about diabetes is that they don’t feel the damage until it’s far too late. If it caused them pain early on maybe they would take it seriously when they still had a chance.

[Delta 21]

High Fructose Corn Syrup for the win. Serious as a heart attack!