Prediabetes and Associated Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Chronic Kidney Disease Among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer in the St Jude Lifetime Cohort.
Stephanie B DixonFang WangLu LuCarmen L WilsonDaniel M GreenThomas E MerchantDeo Kumar SrivastavaAngela DelaneyRebecca M HowellJohn Lynn JefferiesLeslie L RobisonKristen K NessMelissa M HudsonWassim ChemaitillyGregory T ArmstrongPublished in: Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2023)
Prediabetes is highly prevalent in adult survivors of childhood cancer and independently associated with an increased risk of future cardiovascular and kidney complications. Prediabetes, a modifiable risk factor among childhood cancer survivors, represents a new target for intervention that may prevent subsequent morbidity and mortality.