Cardiovascular disease risk factors as predictors of Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in elderly subjects

Risk factors measured in a cross-sectional study in subjects aged 65-74 years living in eastern Finland were correlated with the risk of developing diabetes 3.5 years later. Sixty-nine of 892 initially non-diabetic subjects developed diabetes during the follow-up. Subjects who subsequently developed diabetes had multiple adverse changes in risk factor levels before the diagnosis of diabetes. Subjects who developed diabetes had higher body mass...