Criteria for 'Pre-diabetes'

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Hi folks:

" Pre-diabetes may be called impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or

impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), depending on the test used to

diagnose it. Some people have both IFG and IGT.

-- IFG is a condition in which the blood sugar level is high (100 to

125 milligrams per deciliter or mg/dL) after an overnight fast but

not high enough to be classified as diabetes. (The former definition

of IFG was 110 mg/dl to 125 mg/dl.)

-- IGT is a condition in which the blood sugar level is high (140 to

199 mg/dL) after a 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test, but is not

high enough to be classified as diabetes. (The ADA expert committee

did not change the definition of IGT.)

The new estimate of people with pre-diabetes is detailed in the

latest National Diabetes Fact Sheet, released today by HHS' CDC and

NIDDK. The estimates were calculated using data from the 1988-1994

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and projected to the

2000 U.S. population.

The National Diabetes Fact Sheet provides up-to-date information

about diabetes, its prevalence, incidence, complications and costs to

the nation. Overall, about 18.2 million Americans currently have

diabetes, with about 1.3 million new cases being diagnosed each year.

Most of these individuals - - 90 percent to 95 percent -- have type 2

diabetes, which is associated with older age, obesity, physical

inactivity and ethnicity. The fact sheet is available at

http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/factsheet.htm or by calling 877-CDC-

DIAB (232-3422). "

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=132-04292004

http://snipurl.com/61xg

Rodney.