ea0028p217 | Obesity, diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFEBES2012
Aye Myint M
, Kahal H.
, Hooson F.
, Sathyapalan T.
, Atkin S.
, Kilpatrick E.
Introduction: Impaired glucose regulation (IGR) is usually defined as impaired fasting glucose (IFG, fasting plasma glucose (FPG) is between 6.1 to 6.9 mmol/L) and/or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT, 2 hour postprandial glucose (PPG) is 7.8 to 11 mmol/L). More recently, a haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≥ 42 but <47 mmol/mol has been suggested to indicate an increased diabetes risk. Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are strongly associated with insulin resistance a...