title: Postprandial hyperglycaemia: to treat or not to treat?
abstract: Accumulating evidence suggests that the postprandial or the post-75 g glucose load rise in plasma glucose are a contributing factor to the development of atherosclerosis. Many epidemiological studies have shown that post-load hyperglycaemia is a strong and independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The few interventional studies available also support a role for postprandial or post-load hyperglycaemia on cardiovascular disease or mortality or on validated surrogates of atherosclerosis. The mechanism through which acute hyperglycaemia could exert its deleterious effects on the vessel wall is very likely multifactorial, but the overproduction of free radicals is probably involved. There is growing evidence that treating postprandial hyperglycaemia should probably be part of the strategies for the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases in pre-diabetes as well as in diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Research Group on Diabetes and Metabolic Regulation, Research Center, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) and Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Brindisi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rabasa-Lhoret
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Chiasson
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019518:Postprandial Period
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose