Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To determine the progression rate to impaired fasting glucose (IFG), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and diabetes (DM2) in normal glucose tolerant (NGT) people during 8 years follow up using WHO 1999 criteria and new criteria (IFG-fasting glucose 5.6–6.9 mmol/l).Research design and methods: This is an eight year prospective study in a randomly selected urban population aged >=40 years living in Krakow, Poland. 1752 persons had NGT.b...