Welcome  to  Public  Health  moment from  the  University  of  Minnesota. A  new  study  has  identified  elevated  glucose  levels  in patients  as  one  factor  in the  recurrence  of  adenomatous  polyps. These  are  benign  polyps  that can  lead  to  colorectal  cancer. The  four  year  study  followed 715  patients  who  had  a  polyp  removed. University  of  Minnesota  epidemiologist  Andrew  Flood, one  of  the  study's  authors  more. We  found  that  over  the  next  four  years, the  people  who  had  the  highest  glucose concentrations  at  the  baseline  were 50%  more  likely  to  have an  adenomatous  polyp  recur  in  those  four  years. Even  more  importantly,  there  was  about  a  2.5  fold increased  risk  of  having an  advanced  adenoma  recur  in  those  four  years. Those  advanced  adnomers  are  the  ones  that are  most  likely  to  progress  to  cancer. Because  of  these  results, Flood  says  that  people  who  have  had  a  polyp removed  should  carefully  regulate  their  glucose  levels. Get  your  glucose  concentration measured  if  you  have  elevated  glucose. And  the  level  of  glucose  in  this  study that  were  elevated  were  actually  not  that  high. The  cut  point  for  our  high  group was  100  mg  per  deciliter, which  is  right  at  the  border  of  what  we call  impaired  fasting  glucose. So  even  people  who  have  just  slightly impaired  fasting  glucose  need  to consider  very  carefully  how they  might  want  to  regulate  their  glucose  in  the  future. With  another  public  health  moment,  I'm  John  Finnegan.