Blood sugar link to heart disease

EVEN slightly raised blood sugar levels can significantly increase the chances of heart attacks, a study has found.

The Danish findings indicate that blood sugar may be as important a heart disease risk factor as cholesterol and suggest that not only diabetics should worry about the effects of high blood sugar on their hearts.

“We know that diabetics and people with high cholesterol are prone to heart disease, but our study also made it possible to look at blood glucose level in isolation,” said Dr Marianne Benn, from Copenhagen University Hospital.