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Prevalence of diabetes among glycosuric individuals in an urban area of Greece.

Epidemiologic data on the frequency of diabetes in the urban Greek population were lacking in Greece. Postpranadial urine samples of 21,410 inhabitants of a subturb of Athens were examined for glycosuria by two different enzymatic methods. It was found that 569 persons, i.e. 3.20% of the whole population aged 10 or more, presented postprandial glycosuria (cases of previously known diabetes were excluded); 417 persons out of these were submitted to an OGTT (50 g) and 135 new cases of diabetes were discovered. Glycosuria was associated with diabetes mostly in the age-groups above 40. Obesity was frequent among the newly discovered diabetes. Two thirds had abnormal blood sugar levels already in the fasting condition. The prevalence of non-diabetic glycosuria was 2.70% in males and 1.60% in females. The frequency of a family history positive for diabetes was found to be approximately twice as high in diabetics compared to subjects without glycosuria.

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A cross-sectional study of dietary habits and urinary glucose excretion - a predictor of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between consumption of certain foods and macronutrients and urinary glucose excretion, which is a predictor of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study, Denmark, 1993-97. SUBJECTS: Participants in the Danish study 'Diet, Cancer and Health'. After exclusion of persons with postprandial urine samples and persons with diabetes or other diseases potentially resulting in glycosuria, the study population included 14 743 men and 18 064 women aged 50-64 y. We identified 183 men and 43 women with glucose in their urine. RESULTS: Consumption of poultry was negatively associated with glycosuria in both men (odds ratio, OR=0.87; 95% confidence interval, 95% CI=0.77-0.98) and women (OR=0.69; 0.48-1.00). Fiber from fruit showed a weak negative association with glycosuria in both men (0. 95; 0.90-1.01) and women (0.89; 0.78-1.02), whereas a significant negative association with total fiber (0.68; 0.51-0.91) and fiber from vegetables (0.94; 0.88-0.99) was seen in men. Intake of fish tended to reduce the risk of glycosuria in women only (0.80; 0.63-1. 02), whereas ingestion of milk products increased their risk significantly (1.15; 1.06-1.24). CONCLUSION: Although statistical significance and consistency in the two sexes were not achieved for all end-points, the study indicates a protective effect of dietary products like poultry, fruit and cereals against glycosuria and suggests a promoting effect of milk. SPONSORSHIP: The Danish National Board of Health and the Danish Cancer Society.

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The effect of pregnancy on the renal handling of glucose.

Tubular reabsorption of glucose has been measured during glucose infusion in 29 healthy women during and after pregnancy. All the women had normal glucose tolerance to an oral load, and normal glucose excretion when not pregnant, but exhibited a wide range of daily glucose excretion in pregnancy. Throughout pregnancy the renal reabsorption of glucose is less effective than in the non-pregnant state and, in general, the greater the amount fo glycosuria which develops in pregnancy, the less effective is the reabsorption during infusion. Post partum, women with minor degrees of glycosuria during the preceding pregnancy return to a normal highly efficient reabsorption performance during infusion, but women who exhibit greater degrees of glycosuria have a reduced capacity to reabsorb even though they are no longer glycosuric after the pregnancy. It is concluded that pregnancy imposes some specific change in the glucose reabsorptive capacity of the proximal tubule and that women with more than usual degrees of glycosuria in pregnancy may, in addition, have an element of tubular damage. This is discussed in relation to other renal function changes in pregnancy in an attempt to explain the characteristic intermittency of clinical glycosuria in pregnancy.

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Preventive and therapeutic effects of large-dose nicotinamide injections on diabetes associated with insulitis. An observation in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice.

This experiment was undertaken to explore a novel method of therapy for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), using nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice that had symptoms and histologic changes similar to those of human IDDM patients. We examined preventive and therapeutic effects of large-dose nicotinamide administration on diabetes in NOD mice. Eighteen young female NOD mice without glycosuria were randomly divided into two groups; nine received subcutaneous nicotinamide (0.5 mg/g body wt) injections every day and the other nine were maintained as a control group and not injected. After 40 days, all of the mice given nicotinamide showed almost normal glucose tolerance and only mild insulitis on histologic study. On the other hand, marked glycosuria and severe insulitis were observed in six of the nine mice not injected. Four of six NOD mice given nicotinamide from the day of the first occurrence of marked glycosuria displayed a disappearance of glycosuria and an improvement in glucose tolerance during the therapy; however, urine sugar became negative in only one of six mice that received nicotinamide from 1 to 2 wk after the onset of marked glycosuria. These results indicate that nicotinamide has preventive and therapeutic effects on diabetes in NOD mice, and suggest the reversibility of B-cell damage, at least at a very early stage of IDDM.

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Five-year follow-up report on the Birmingham diabetes survey of 1962. Report by the Birmingham Diabetes Survey Working Party.

In a diabetes survey 630 persons who had glycosuria or were age- and sex-matched were given a 50-g. oral glucose tolerance test (G.T.T.). Five years later the test was repeated in 527 (83.6%) cases. The original G.T.T.s were classed as normal or showing "G.T.T. diabetes," "lag storage," "renal glycosuria," or "miscellaneous abnormalities." Compared with the normal group in the first test those with G.T.T. diabetes showed a higher rate of conversion to "florid diabetes," but many others with G.T.T. diabetes remained unchanged or became normal. The more abnormal the first test the more likely it was to progress to florid diabetes. Most lag storage curves remained unchanged or became normal, but a significant number converted to a diabetic abnormality. Renal glycosuria was an innocent peculiarity compared with other categories. The various "miscellaneous abnormalities" tended to change, and showed an excessive conversion to diabetes.The best separation between non-diabetic and diabetic at the follow-up test occurred at 135 mg./100 ml. Those in the diabetic categories at the original test showed a mortality slightly above that in the general population, comparable to that found in diabetics in general. New cases of florid diabetes appeared in the population which screened negative for glycosuria at the rate of 0.3 per 1,000 per annum.

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The prevalence of diabetes mellitus and an assessment of methods of detection among a community of elderly Chinese in Hong Kong.

This study provides information on the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a group of elderly Chinese subjects aged 60 and above living in the community in Hong Kong, and investigates the sensitivity of the urine sugar, random blood glucose, glycosylated haemoglobin, and fructosamine measurements compared to a glucose tolerance test in screening for diabetes mellitus in this population. Four hundred twenty-seven subjects aged 60 and above were studied. The National Diabetes Data Group Criteria were used for the diagnosis of diabetes. Those with a random blood glucose exceeding 12.5 mmol/l were considered diabetic, and all of these patients had glycosuria together with elevated total glycosylated haemoglobin and fructosamine concentrations. A diagnostic 75 g oral glucose tolerance test was performed on patients with one or more of the following abnormalities: glycosuria, random plasma blood glucose 7.8 mmol/l to 12.5 mmol/l, glycosylated haemoglobin 8.5%, and fructosamine 2.20 mmol/l. By these criteria, the prevalence of diabetes in this community was found to be 9.8%. An elevated random glucose greater than 11.1 mmol/l proved to be the only specific method of screening and glycosuria was found to be at least as good as fructosamine and HbA1. However, HbA1 is more sensitive than random glucose, glycosuria or fructosamine in detecting impaired glucose tolerance. On the basis of this study, a higher reference range for glycosylated haemoglobin for the elderly alone is also suggested (5.74-9.34%).

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Determinants of albuminuria in people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

This study sought to identify determinants of albuminuria in people with Type 2 diabetes. In 335 primary care patients, we assessed albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR) in two 24-h urine samples, and its cross-sectional associations with protein and alcohol intake, cigarette smoking, body weight and height, glycosuria, blood pressure, hypoglycaemic and antihypertensive treatment, gender, age, age at diagnosis, diabetes duration, family history of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, ethnic origin, and education. The prevalence of micro- or macro-albuminuria (ACR> or =2.0 mg/mmol) was 33%. Among these patients, compared to those with normo-albuminuria, there were more men, protein intake (g/kg) estimated from urinary urea as well as systolic blood pressure and glycosuria were higher, there were more smokers, men were shorter, and a family history of diabetes was less prevalent (all P<0.05). In linear and logistic regression (n=270) albuminuria was independently associated (P<0.05 unless indicated otherwise) with systolic blood pressure (OR(10 mmHg)=1.32), smoking (OR(ex/never)=2.36, OR(current/never)=4.89), glycosuria (OR(> or =7/<1 g/l)=2.41), gender (OR(men/women)=2.50), age in men (OR(10 year)=1.60) (P<0.10) and, inversely, in women (OR(10 year)=0.63) (P>0.10). On aggregation, the modifiable determinants systolic blood pressure, smoking and glycosuria explained 12% of the variation in albuminuria. These factors thus are, although to a moderate extent only, potential determinants of albuminuria. We also observed an independent, inverse association with body height (OR(0.10 m)=0.47). This is in line with the hypothesis that development in utero or during early life influences kidney function in later life.

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Diabetic mouse angiopathy is linked to progressive sympathetic receptor deletion coupled to an enhanced caveolin-1 expression.

OBJECTIVE: Clinical studies have demonstrated that hyperglycaemia represents a major risk factor in the development of the endothelial impairment in diabetes, which is the first step in vascular dysfunction. Using non-obese diabetic mice, we have evaluated the role of the adrenergic system and eNOS on progression of the disease METHODS AND RESULTS: When glycosuria is high (20 to 500 mg/dL), there is a selective reduction in the response to alpha1 and beta2 agonists but not to dopamine or serotonin. When glycosuria is severe (500 to 1000 mg/dL), there is a complete ablation of the contracture response to the alpha1 receptor agonist stimulation and a marked reduced response to beta2 agonist stimulation. This effect is coupled with a reduced expression of alpha1 and beta2 receptors, which is caused by an inhibition at transcriptional level as demonstrated by RT-PCR. In the severe glycosuria (500 to 1000 mg/dL), although eNOS expression is unchanged, caveolin-1 expression is significantly enhanced, indicating that high glucose plasma levels cause an upregulation of the eNOS endogenous inhibitory tone. These latter results correlate with functional data showing that in severe glycosuria, there is a significant reduction in acetylcholine-induced vasodilatation. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that in diabetes development, there is a progressive selective downregulation of the alpha1 and beta2 receptors. At the same time, there is an increased expression of caveolin-1, the endogenous eNOS inhibitory protein. Thus, caveolin-1 could represent a new possible therapeutic target in vascular impairment associated with diabetes.

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Hypoparathyroidism in diabetes mellitus.

Serum immunoreactive parathyroid hormone (iPTH) and indices of mineral and glucose metabolism were determined in 58 insulin treated diabetic patients (duration of disease 1-11 years). The mean serum iPTH level in all diabetic patients, measured simultaneously with sera from normal subjects, was 55% of normal mean (P < 0.01). The diabetic patients had hypomagnesaemia (P < 0.001), hypercalciuria (P < 0.001) and a 9.6% decrease in bone mass (P < 0.001). Low serum iPTH values were correlated with high glycosuria (R = -0.28, P < 0.05) and with long duration of diabetes (R = -0.31, P < 0.02). Patients with both high glycosuria and long diabetes duration had especially low iPTH values (mean 16 ng/l, n = 16) compared with patients with both low glycosuria and short diabetes duration (mean 32 ng/l, n = 15, P < 0.005) and with normal subjects (mean 37 ng/l, n = 28, P < 0.001). The 16 patients with low serum iPTH values also had higher urinary calcium excretion rate (P < 0.05) than the 15 patients with low glycosuria and short duration of diabetes. The diabetic hypoparathyroidism may be secondary to a primary disturbance of bone metabolism, with a negative net calcium balance.

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[Inventory of Fanconi syndrome in Basenji dogs in The Netherlands].

The Fanconi syndrome is a familial disease in the Basenji. Its typical clinical signs are glycosuria and euglycaemia. In the United States, 10% of the Basenji population shows signs of glycosuria. The purpose of this study was to investigate the presence of glycosuria in the Basenji population in The Netherlands. Results showed few dogs to have glycosuria. Furthermore, a hereditary background to Fanconi syndrome in Basenji dogs could not be demonstrated.

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[Glucosuria of pregnancy: frequency of diabetes mellitus and renal glucosuria (author's transl)].

From 1974 to 1979 352 pregnant women were referred to our diabetic outpatient clinic because of glycosuria during pregnancy. In 118 women (34%) oral glucose tolerance tests revealed a pathologic glucose tolerance. In 234 pregnant women (66%) a "renal glycosuria of pregnancy" was found to be the cause for the observed glycosuria. A pathologic glucose tolerance was relatively more frequent in the 3rd trimenon, whereas renal glycosuria was observed to be more frequent in the second trimenon.

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Hypophosphataemic osteomalacia and Fanconi syndrome of adult onset with dominant inheritance. Possible relationship with diabetes mellitus.

Adult-onset osteomalacia with multiple renal tubular defects and generalized aminoaciduria is uncommon, and where familial it is characteristically an autosomal recessive disorder. This paper describes a kindred in which the syndrome has appeared in four successive generations, apparently inherited in a dominant manner, and possibly associated with diabetes mellitus. The proposita had hypophosphataemia, renal glycosuria, proteinuria and generalized aminoaciduria, and at the age of 22 developed symptoms of osteomalacia which responded to treatment with oral phosphate. Her father had been similarly affected: renal glycosuria was first noted when he was 24, and 12 years later he developed diabetes mellitus from which he died. One sister, aged 31, has renal glycosuria, aminoaciduria and hypophosphataemia without bone disease. In the three preceding generations at least seven other individuals had crippling bone disease and profound muscle weakness of early adult onset; in four, preterminal polydipsia was recorded, and others had renal glycosuria or diabetes mellitus. Three of the five children in the latest generation have slight proteinuria but not other detectable abnormality. The possible association between these renal tubular defects and diabetes mellitus is discussed.

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Screening for Type 2 diabetes mellitus in the UK Indo-Asian population.

AIMS: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) has a high prevalence in Asian subjects. A simple method of screening using self-testing for postprandial glycosuria achieved a good response rate and a sensitivity which compared favourably to more expensive and invasive methods in a semirural Caucasian population. We examined its effectiveness in Asian subjects. METHODS: Caucasian and Indo-Asian subjects aged 35-70 years in two general practices in Leicester (n=9896 (6198=Asian subjects, 3698=Caucasian)) were screened. Those known to have diabetes were excluded. Subjects were asked to self-test for glycosuria 1 h after their main meal. Instruction and response cards were translated in Punjabi and Gujarati and sent to the Asian subjects, depending on age and surname. RESULTS: Response rate was 34.4% in Asian subjects compared to 54.0% in Caucasian subjects. Prevalence of glycosuria was 8.2% in Asian subjects and 3.2% in Caucasian subjects. Two hundred and thirty-nine subjects recorded glycosuria and 202 (84.5% of the total, 86.9% of Asian subjects, 78.1% of Caucasian) attended for oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Sixty-three (31.2%) were found to have diabetes (46, 73% Asian), 29 (14.4%) impaired glucose tolerance (24, 82.8% Asian) and 110 (54.4%) normal glucose tolerance (82, 74.6% Asian). Thus 30% of Asian subjects and 34% of Caucasian subjects had diabetes on OGTT. The prevalence of diabetes in 35-70 years in the total population after screening was 5.6% (6.8% in Asian subjects, 3.6% in Caucasian) and in the screened population was 12.7% (17.9% in Asian subjects, 6.3% in Caucasian). CONCLUSIONS: Screening for diabetes using this method, in terms of response rate, is not as effective in a large city setting, particularly in the Asian population. However, the yield of diabetes in the age group 35-64 years compares well to much more expensive and labour intensive approaches and its use in this population in a primary care setting is justified.

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The glycohaemoglobin assay as a screening test for diabetes mellitus: the Islington Diabetes Survey.

Blood glucose 2 h after an oral glucose load (2hBG) and glycohaemoglobin (GHb) (Corning agar-gel electrophoresis) levels were used as screening tests in a general practice diabetic screening programme. The diagnosis of diabetes (DM) was based on a separate oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in 223 of 1040 screened subjects, selected as a stratified sample biased towards higher levels of 2hBG and GHb. The GHb assay was also repeated at the recall examination and urine was tested for glycosuria before and after glucose administration. At a cut-off level of 8.1%, the screening GHb assay correctly identified 90% of all probable diabetics with a specificity of 85.3% (95% Cl 83.3-87.3%) and a positive predictive value of 14.0% (9.0-19.0%). The specificity of the screening GHb assay as a screening test for true DM was 45.8% (39.0-52.4%) at 90% sensitivity, and that of the recall GHb assay was 64.5% (57.9-71.1%). The screening 2hBG was 93.3% (88.9-97.7%) specific at 90% sensitivity as a screening test for true DM diagnosed by OGTT at recall. The test characteristics for fasting glycosuria were: sensitivity 16.7% (0-37.8%) and specificity 98.0% (96.0-100.0%). Equivalent values for the post-glucose test for glycosuria were: 72.7% (46.4-99.0%) and 77.4% (70.1-84.7%), respectively. While GHb assay is a poorer screening test for DM than the 2hBG at the single cut-off level quoted, comparison of the accuracy of the two tests shows that the GHb assay is only marginally less accurate. It is superior to testing for glycosuria as a screening test for DM and can be performed on any random blood sample, facilitating its use in population screening.

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Immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and hormonal studies on the endocrine pancreas of voles (Microtus arvalis) with monosodium aspartate-induced diabetes.

A single subcutaneous administration of monosodium aspartate (MSA) to 30 neonatal voles, Microtus arvalis Pallas, induced a diabetes mellitus in 50% of the treated animals in early adulthood. The voles (18 males and 12 females) were weaned at 3 weeks of age and fed pellets for Herbivora and cubed hay. Diabetic voles with glycosuria (nine males and six females) were classified into two groups according to the duration and grade of glycosuria. One group had slight diabetes with glycosuria (+: 0.1%) for 1 week and the other severe diabetes with marked glycosuria ( : greater than or equal to 0.5%) for over 4 weeks. Pancreatic islets of diabetic voles (n = 7) were examined immunohistochemically, light microscopically, and electron microscopically. Blood glucose concentration and tissue content of insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin were also measured. Slightly diabetic voles (n = 3) had enlarged islets, that, viewed by light microscopy, were characterized by hypertrophy and hyperplasia of beta cells with moderate degranulation. No changes were observed in the peripherally located alpha and delta cells; the voles were moderately hyperglycemic, and they had decreased pancreatic insulin content. Severely diabetic voles (n = 4) that had marked hyperglycemia and almost complete loss of insulin content showed marked vacuolation and degranulation of beta cells. In addition, altered distribution of alpha and delta cells from the periphery of the islets to their interior was noted. Ultrastructural examination revealed features compatible with those of hyperfunction of beta cells in the slightly diabetic voles and marked degeneration of beta cells with glycogen accumulation in the severely diabetic voles.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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[Effect of androgen on the onset of diabetes in the KK mice treated with monosodium aspartate].

Obese diabetes was induced by monosodium aspartate (MSA) administration in KK male mice and the diabetic KK mice were divided into two groups, younger (12-week-old) and older (35-week-old). The diabetic KK mice were castrated and administered with androgen and effect of androgen on glycosuria appearance was investigated. Androgen dependent tear proteins (Mtp-M) were detected by the method of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Blood androgen level was estimated by observation of change of the pattern of Mtp-M. In the younger mice group, glycosuria disappeared temporarily after castration and then appeared naturally again. The Mtp-M declined with castration, but did not disappear in this experimental period. In the older mice group, glycosuria and Mtp-M disappeared completely and blood glucose level decreased considerably after castration. However, in the castrated older mice, the glycosuria and the Mtp-M appeared again after the administration of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and the increasing of blood glucose level was observed. These results strongly suggested that androgen had an important role in the onset of diabetes in the KK mice treated with MSA.

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Comparison of screening tests for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

BACKGROUND: Screening for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) can be useful in clinical practice and in epidemiologic and genetic studies, but the available information for choosing between screening methods is limited. In this study, characteristics of several screening tests for NIDDM were compared. METHODS: Among Pima Indians participating in an epidemiologic study, the sensitivity and specificity for detecting NIDDM of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels and two measures of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1 or HbA1c) were compared in 2092 fasting subjects. Glycated hemoglobin, quantitative glycosuria, and dipstick glycosuria were compared in 237 nonfasting subjects. Diabetes was diagnosed using an oral glucose tolerance test if the 2-hour postload venous plasma glucose concentration was 11.1 mmol/L (200 mg/dL) or greater. The area under the relative operating characteristic curve was used to compare tests. RESULTS: In fasting subjects, the sensitivity for detecting diabetes with 98% specificity was 78.8% for HbA1 level of 7.5% or greater, 80.3% for HbA1c level of 6.3% or greater, and 88.0% for FPG level of 6.83 mmol/L (123 mg/dL) or greater. By relative operating characteristic analysis, there were no significant differences between FPG and HbA1c, but FPG was significantly more sensitive than HbA1. In nonfasting subjects the sensitivity at 98% specificity was 92.9% for HbA1 level of 7.3% or greater, 80.6% for quantitative urine glucose level of 1.94 mmol/L (35 mg/dL) or greater, and 64.3% for trace or greater of dipstick glycosuria. The area under the relative operating characteristic curve was significantly greater for glycated hemoglobin than for either measure of glycosuria. CONCLUSIONS: Although FPG has the best screening properties, HbA1c, HbA1, and quantitative urine glucose also provide high specificity and approximately 80% sensitivity in detecting NIDDM. The choice of a particular method could depend on cost, convenience, and availability.

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Ten-year follow-up report on Birmingham Diabetes Survey of 1961. Report by the Birmingham Diabetes Survey Working Party.

In a diabetes survey in 1960-1, 808 patients from a whole-practice population who either had glycosuria or were used as age- and sex-matched controls were given a 50-g oral glucose tolerance test (GTT). Ten years later the test was repeated in 382 cases. Of the original group, 126 had died and a similar number refused the second test. The original GTT results were classed as normal or as showing GTT diabetes, lag storage, renal glycosuria, or miscellaneous abnormalities. Most of those who converted to florid diabetes came from the GTT diabetes group, all the remainder having shown another minor degree of abnormality in the test; 23% with GTT diabetes, however, remained unchanged, while 32% returned to normal or had only minor anomalies. Of the original lag-storage group 57% remained unchanged or became normal, though 24% had converted to a diabetic abnormality. Renal glycosuria was an innocent peculiarity. The various miscellaneous abnormalities tended to change and showed an excessive conversion to diabetes. There was no accelerating trend towards diabetes in the second five years of follow-up. Those who developed florid diabetes showed an excess mortality comparable to that of clinical diabetics in general. Those who remained normal had the lowest mortality, while those with minor abnormalities occupied an intermediate position.

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