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ADA Expert Committee Redefines Impaired Fasting Glucose
ADA Expert Committee Redefines Impaired Fasting Glucose -- Posted by Gumbo on 11-14-04 10:03
ADA Expert Committee Redefines Impaired Fasting Glucose
Source: American Diabetes Association
Publication date: 2003-10-28
Wider Net for Diabetic Disorder
By ERIC NAGOURNEY
The New York Times
October 28, 2003
Millions of Americans who may once have been given a clean bill of health
will now qualify for a diagnosis of a condition known as prediabetes.
Late last week, the American Diabetes Association released new guidelines
for doctors to use when looking for the problem. They appear in the journal
Diabetes Care.
There are two main methods to assess whether a person has prediabetes. With
one, patients fast overnight and then their blood is drawn in the morning
and the glucose levels are tested. With the other method, patients are given
the morning test and are retested after drinking a sugar solution.
The new guidelines lower the acceptable level of blood glucose, to 100
milligrams a deciliter from 110.
Prediabetes, which often causes no symptoms, is considered a serious
condition because almost everyone who develops diabetes has it first, the
diabetes association said. Moreover, it said, recent research has shown that
even before full-scale diabetes occurs, prediabetics may be suffering damage
to the heart and circulatory system.
Under the old definition, at least 16 million Americans ages 40 to 74 were
believed to have prediabetes.
The new guidelines are important, experts said, because after doctors know
their patients are prediabetic, they can take steps to prevent the condition
from worsening, usually with diet and exercise.
Publication date: 2003-10-28
© 2003, YellowBrix, Inc.
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