American Heart Journal
Volume 159, Issue 2 , Pages 258-263, February 2010

Myocardial infarction and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Is admission blood glucose an independent predictor for future type 2 diabetes mellitus?

  • Christa Meisinger, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
    • MONICA/KORA Myocardial Infarction Register, Central Hospital of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Christa Meisinger, MD, MPH, MONICA/KORA Myocardial Infarction Registry, Central Hospital of Augsburg, Stenglinstr. 2, D-86156 Augsburg, Germany.
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  • Judith Beck, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II-Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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  • Margit Heier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
    • MONICA/KORA Myocardial Infarction Register, Central Hospital of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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  • Allmut Hörmann

      Affiliations

    • Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute of Health Economics, Neuherberg, Germany
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  • Bernhard Kuch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I-Cardiology, Central Hospital of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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  • Gisela Sietas

      Affiliations

    • MONICA/KORA Myocardial Infarction Register, Central Hospital of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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  • Wolfgang Koenig, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II-Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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  • for the KORA Study Group

Received 16 September 2009; accepted 25 November 2009.

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PII: S0002-8703(09)00952-1

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2009.11.027

American Heart Journal
Volume 159, Issue 2 , Pages 258-263, February 2010

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