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ArticleCardiovascular diabetology2020

Comparison of oral glucose tolerance test and HbA1c in detection of disorders of glucose metabolism in patients with acute stroke.

Karl Matz, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Yvonne Teuschl, Alexandra Dachenhausen, Michael Brainin

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Article in Cardiovascular diabetology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01109836 (ASPIS-Austrian Polyintervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Decline After Ischemic Stroke), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.

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NCT01109836 phase4completednot on this map

ASPIS-Austrian Polyintervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Decline After Ischemic Stroke

TypeinterventionalSponsorDanube University KremsRan2010 to 2014Enrolled202ConditionsIschemic Stroke, Cognitive Decline, DementiaArmsMotivation and lifestyle intervention
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 4 countries.

Karl MatzDepartment for Clinical Neurosciences and Preventive Medicine, Danube University Krems, Krems, Austria. karl.matz@donau-uni.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0002-2851-9897
Jaakko TuomilehtoDepartment for Clinical Neurosciences and Preventive Medicine, Danube University Krems, Krems, Austria.
Yvonne TeuschlDepartment for Clinical Neurosciences and Preventive Medicine, Danube University Krems, Krems, Austria.
Alexandra DachenhausenDepartment for Clinical Neurosciences and Preventive Medicine, Danube University Krems, Krems, Austria.
Michael BraininDepartment for Clinical Neurosciences and Preventive Medicine, Danube University Krems, Krems, Austria.
Universität für Weiterbildung Krems · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDiabetes is an increasingly important risk factor for ischemic stroke and worsens stroke prognosis. Yet a large proportion of stroke patients who are eventually diabetic are undiagnosed. Therefore, it is important to have sensitive assessment of unrecognized hyperglycaemia in stroke patients.

designSecondary outcome analysis of a randomized controlled trial focussing on parameters of glucose metabolism and detection of diabetes and prediabetes in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS).

methodsA total of 130 consecutively admitted patients with AIS without previously known type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) were screened for diabetes or prediabetes as part of secondary outcome analysis of a randomized controlled trial that tested lifestyle intervention to prevent post-stroke cognitive decline. Patients had the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) measurements in the second week after stroke onset and after 1 year. The detection rates of diabetes and prediabetes based on the OGTT or HbA1c values were compared.

resultsBy any of the applied tests at the second week after stroke onset 62 of 130 patients (48%) had prediabetes or T2DM. Seventy-five patients had results from both tests available, the OGTT and HbA1c; according to the OGTT 40 (53.3%) patients had normal glucose metabolism, 33 (44%) had prediabetes, two (2.7%) T2DM. In 50 (66.7%) patients the HbA1c results were normal, 24 (32%) in the prediabetic and one (1.3%) in the diabetic range. The detection rate for disorders of glucose metabolism was 10% higher (absolute difference; relative difference 29%) with the OGTT compared with HbA1c. After 1 year the detection rate for prediabetes or T2DM was 7% higher with the OGTT (26% relative difference). The study intervention led to a more favourable evolution of glycemic status after 1 year.

conclusionThe OGTT is a more sensitive screening tool than HbA1c for the detection of previously unrecognized glycemic disorders in patients with acute stroke with an at least a 25% relative difference in detection rate. Therefore, an OGTT should be performed in all patients with stroke with no history of diabetes. Trial registration http://clinicaltrials.gov . Unique identifier: NCT01109836.

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Glucose Tolerance TestAustriaBiomarkersBlood GlucoseDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Glycated HemoglobinHumansPrediabetic StatePredictive Value of TestsPrognosisRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesStrokeTime FactorsBiomarkersBlood GlucoseGlycated Hemoglobinhemoglobin A1c protein, humanAcute strokeFasting glucoseGlucose abnormalitiesHbA1cOral glucose tolerance testRisk assessmentType 2 diabetes

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