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Jakarta, Diabetes or diabetes is not the only threat faced when blood sugar levels rise. According to a recent study, excess blood sugar levels are also associated with an increased risk of heart damage.
A study at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health showed that hyperglycemia or excessive glucose levels can damage the heart. This effect can even occur in people who did not have a previous history of heart disease.
The researchers revealed that increased levels of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is associated with increased protein troponin T (cTnT). HbA1c is an indicator of chronic hyperglycemia and diabetes, whereas high levels of cTnT showed damage to the heart.
The findings, published in the American College of Cardiology shows, the excess sugar in diabetic patients is closely associated with an increased risk of heart damage. The higher the sugar content, the greater the increase in cardiac risk.
In observation of the 9662 volunteers, increased risk of heart damage was observed even when the increase in sugar content not yet eligible to be called diabetes. Though all the participants had no history of heart disease.
"Normally sugar is not directly related to blood vessel damage, but in this study direct sugar damage the heart," said Prof. Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH, who led the study, as quoted from Medicalnewstoday, Wednesday (07/03/2012).
Diabetes is characterized by elevated blood sugar levels, particularly type 2 typically affects that many fat people. Fat itself had long been associated with increased risks of heart disease and blood vessels.
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