Recently published research says
mortality risk relative to those with normal blood glucose was highest in those with newly diagnosed diabetes, at a 9.42-fold risk increase after accounting for age, sex, smoking, systolic blood pressure, and total cholesterol levels.
This size of risk increase was linked specifically to raised fasting glucose; there was a 10.4-fold risk increase in the subgroup of patients with fasting glucose of 7.0 mmol/L or higher but HbA1c below 6.5%.
People with hyperglycemia below the diabetes threshold and those with established diabetes also had a significantly increased mortality risk, but to a lesser degree, at 3.29- and 4.63-fold, respectively.
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