Healthy Blood Sugar Levels Lavon

(Reuters Health) – People whose blood sugar levels are in the borderline range – higher than normal, but not yet diabetic – might still have an increased risk of kidney problems, a Norwegian study suggests.

Compared to individuals with normal blood sugar, people with slightly abnormal glucose levels are more likely to have two problems associated with kidney disease – abnormal blood filtration and more of the protein albumin in the urine, the study found.

The questions, said Dr. Robert Cohen, an endocrinology researcher at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine who wasn’t involved in the study, are, “What represents abnormal `enough’ blood sugar to start causing problems in the kidneys that we see with full blown diabetes, and what criteria should we be using if we want to get a head start on preventing the complications of diabetes?”

Globally, about one in nine adults have diabetes, which is often linked to obesity and aging and develops when the body can’t properly use or make enough of the hormone insulin to convert sugar into energy.

While the link between full-blown diabetes and chronic kidney disease is well known, doctors disagree about how much sugar in the blood might pose a risk to people without the disease.

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