Fasting plasma glucose slope

Fasting plasma glucose slope predicts mortality in humans.

“those in tertiles I and III of S-FPG (i.e., those with a definitely negative or definitely positive slope) had an increased probability of dying”

Humanstype 2 diabetes mellitus; lowest and highest slope tertiles1 January 1987 to 31 December 1991n = 566

Long-term instability of fasting plasma glucose predicts mortality in elderly NIDDM patients: the Verona Diabetes Study

Diabetologia·1 Jun 1995