OBJECTIVE There are few data on the incidence rates of diabetes and prediabetes (dysglycemia) in Asian Indians. This article presents the incidence of diabetes and prediabetes and the predictors of progression in a population-based Asian Indian cohort. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Data on progression to diabetes and prediabetes from 1,376 individuals, a subset of 2,207 of the Chennai Urban Rur...

OBJECTIVE This study assessed the association between glycemic status and oral Candida carriage among patients with prediabetes. STUDY DESIGN This was a comparative study of oral Candida carriage among individuals with prediabetes. Oral yeast samples were collected from 150 individuals: group A was 43 patients with prediabetes (fasting blood glucose levels and hemoglobin A1c, 100 to 125 mg/dL...

BACKGROUND Low circulating prolactin hormone was associated with increased risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus. An inverse association of serum prolactin with cardiac remodeling was also previously suggested. Thus, the first question arises whether low serum prolactin is associated with adverse cardiac remodeling in subjects with prediabetes and if so what the impact of gender is? Second, could s...

BACKGROUND In recent years, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is accepted among the algorithms used for making diagnosis for diabetes and prediabetes since it does not require subjects to be prepared for giving a blood sample. The aim of this study is to assess the performance of HbA1c against fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in detecting prediabetes and diabetes. MATE...

STUDY QUESTION Are HbA1c and fasting glucose (FG) useful in predicting the presence of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in a large cohort of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)? SUMMARY ANSWER HbA1c and FG are not suitable as screening tools for prediabetes in a large cohort of PCOS women but do show a good level of agreement with T2DM. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Women with PCOS ha...

BACKGROUND Prehypertension and prediabetes are major risk factors of cardiovascular disease, and their combined presence may result in more serious cardiovascular outcomes than expected with either prehypertension or prediabetes alone. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of coexisting prehypertension and prediabetes, and the associated risk profiles in a Chinese populati...

INTRODUCTION: Diabetes is a pandemic of public health importance, and prediabetes has also emerged as major concern. Unfortunately, one-third individuals with diabetes are identified only after developing complications, nearly three-fourths unaware their raised blood sugar status. Opportunistic screening at an earlier stage good prognosis. The study aimed opportunistic plasma glucose levels out...

INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to examine the lifestyle behaviors of overweight and obese people with prediabetes or diabetes and to determine whether an association exists between reported behaviors and physician advice for behavior change. METHODS This investigation included overweight and obese people (body mass index ≥25.0 kg/m(2)) with prediabetes and diabetes aged 40 years...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated whether cardiometabolic risk profiles differ for subjects identified as having prediabetes by A1C, fasting glucose (FPG), or 2-h postchallenge glucose (2-PG) criteria. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Atherosclerosis risk factors, oral glucose tolerance test, and ultrasound measurement of carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) were analyzed in 780 nondiabetic individuals. RE...