ea0026p740 | Diabetes (epidemiology, pathophysiology) | ECE2011
Marcelino Mafalda
, Chambel Paula
, Paradinha Manuel
, Domingues Andreia
, Passos Dolores
, Lopes Luis
, Lopes Maria
, Castro Joao
Introduction: PreDiabetes was considered as a categories of increased risk for diabetes on the last ADA recommendations in 2010. The proposed diagnostic criteria include an HbA1c value between 5.7 and 6.4%, impaired fasting glucose (IFG) (100125 mg/dl) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) levels (2-h values in the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) of 140 to 199 mg/dl). The HbA1c as new diagnostic criteria may actually increase the number of patients diagnose...