Prediabetes: an epidemic.About 57 million Americans, or one in four adults, have prediabetes prediabetes /pre·di·a·be·tes/ (pre-di?ah-bet´ez) a state of latent impairment of carbohydrate metabolism in which the criteria for diabetes mellitus are not all satisfied. pre·di·a·be·tes n. , putting them at increased risk for type 2 diabetes type 2 diabetes n. See diabetes mellitus. . According to the American Diabetes Association The American Diabetes Association, or the ADA, is an American health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of , patients with glucose levels of 100-125 mg/ DL on a FPG test or 140-200 gm/dL on an OGTT have prediabetes. More than half of those with prediabetes develop type 2 diabetes within 10 years. The Johns Hopkins Medical Letter, Health After 50, Vol. 21, 3. |
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