Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Predict the Development of Type 2 Diabetes

OBJECTIVE—In a few previous studies, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors (RFs) have been shown to predict diabetes. Our objective was to determine whether the presence of CVD RFs predict the eventual development of diabetes after controlling for known RFs, such as directly measured insulin resistance and obesity. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We studied 872 participants with normal or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) who were enrolled at...