Men with impaired glucose tolerance have lower self-rated health than men with impaired fasting glucose

A normal glucose tolerance is characterised by a strictly regulated blood glucose. Prediabetes is defined by either an impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or by impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). Individuals with prediabetes face an annual relative risk of 5 –10% of progressing into manifest diabetes [1], as compared to individuals with normal glucose tolerance (NGT), who have an annual risk of 0.5%. Individuals with Combined Glucose Impairment (CGI) have two to three times higher risk to proceed to diabetes than individuals with isolated IFG or IGT [ 2,3].
Source: Primary Care Diabetes - Category: Primary Care Authors: Tags: Original research Source Type: research