How to diagnose the prediabetes

Prediabetes is the term used to describe the condition with impaired fasting glucose (IFG), glucose concentrations higher than normal but below the established threshold for diabetes, or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) recognized based on the results of a 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) . People with prediabetes are at high-risk for developing diabetes and associated complications . It is estimated that each year 5-10% of individuals with prediabetes will develop T2 diabetes [8] . Occurrence of IFG and/or IGT is asociated with abdominal or visceral obesity, high serum triglycerides and/or low HDL-cholesterol andhypertension (1) . In subjects with IGT lifestyle changes such as increase of physical activity, loosing weight (510%) and pharmacological therapy may prevent or delay the development of diabetes (2) .