title: Epidemiology of prediabetes.
abstract: Identifying individuals at increased risk of developing diabetes has assumed increasing importance with the expansion of the evidence from clinical trials on the prevention or delay of type 2 diabetes using lifestyle modification and medication. The epidemiology of prediabetes depends on the diagnostic method used. Glucose measures defining impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glucose levels identify about 10% of the adults to have prediabetes, whereas glycated hemoglobin-based criteria identify a significantly lower proportion of the population. Increasingly, multifactorial risk tools are being used and cut-points set to identify approximately 15% of the population as being at high risk.
authors.affiliation: Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition and Exercise, University of Sydney, K25 Medical Foundation Building, New South Wales 2006, Australia. Stephen.colagiuri@sydney.edu.au
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Colagiuri
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014943:Global Health; D018149:Glucose Intolerance; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D011236:Prediabetic State / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin