Impaired fasting glucose

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Impaired fasting glycaemia (IFG) is a pre-diabetic state of dysglycemia, associated with insulin resistance and increased risk cardiovascular pathology, although of lesser risk than Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). IFG may precede Diabetes mellitus type 2 by many years. IFG is also a risk factor for mortality.^[1]

It is characterised by an intermediately raised fasting glucose level, but less than would qualify for Diabetes mellitus type 2. On challenging with an oral glucose tolerance test, normal blood glucose levels are maintained after 2 hours, unlike IGT.

Contents 1 Criteria 2 Treatment 3 References 4 See also

Criteria

• fasting glucose level > 5.6 mmol/l (100 mg/dl) and < 6.9 mmol/l (125mg/dl).^[2][3]

Treatment

For more information, see: Diabetes_mellitus_type_2#Screening_and_prevention.

References

1. ↑ Barr EL, Zimmet PZ, Welborn TA, et al (2007). "Risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in individuals with diabetes mellitus, impaired fasting glucose, and impaired glucose tolerance: the Australian Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)". Circulation 116 (2): 151-7. DOI:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.685628. PMID 17576864.
2. ↑ .World Health Organization. Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications: Report of a WHO Consultation. Part 1. Diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus. Retrieved on 2007-05-29.
3. ↑ (2005) "Diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus". Diabetes Care 28 Suppl 1: S37-42. PMID 15618111.

See also

• Impaired glucose tolerance
• Diabetes mellitus type 2
• Glucose tolerance test

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