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Predictors of New-Onset Diabetes Identified in Patients With Hypertension
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Title Predictors of New-Onset Diabetes Identified in Patients With Hypertension
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/570316?src=rss
Description In a major trial, baseline fasting plasma glucose levels of more than 5 mmol/L, body mass index, and atenolol plus a diuretic were the predictors of new-onset diabetes in patients with hypertension. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Feb 19, 2008
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