The effect of inhaled corticosteroids on the risk of diabetes mellitus, prediabetes and glucose regulation in adults with asthma (ICSD study)

Thematic Poster Session: abstract A1776Open Access JournalSession A51 Diet, Overweight, Diabetes and Lung DiseaseRATIONALE: Data on the effect of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) on glucose metabolism are conflicting. We investigated the risk of long term ICS on diabetes mellitus (DM), prediabetes and glucose tolerance in Chinese adults asthmatics in a population-based matched-controlled study. METHODS: 691 asthmatics, age 35-74 years, who used ICS regularly for ≥6 months were recruited from 4 asthma clinics in Hong Kong, excluding those with exacerbation in recent 4 weeks or had taken systemic steroid (SS) in recent 6 months. Each asthmatic was matched 1:1 on age, gender and BMI with controls from the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factors Prevalence Study II …link_to_OA_fulltex