Clinical risk factors of prediabetes in Taiwanese women without substance uses (tobacco, alcohol, or areca nut)

Abstract

Besides age, the factors of BMI, hypertension, dyslipidemia, GPT, hyperuricemia, and proteinuria are the main risk factors for prediabetes in Taiwanese women without substance uses. A follow-up study is necessary to clarify the causality of these important biochemical parameters and prediabetes.

Prevalence of prediabetes and modifiable factors in an ethnic group of Mexico: the Comcáac Project

“…It has been reported that between 5 and 10 % of people with prediabetes will develop diabetes annually, and 70 % will develop it eventually (2) . The associations of prediabetes with modifiable and non-modifiable factors have been studied in some populations, with the results suggesting different patterns of associations in different populations (3)(4)(5)(6) . Identifying the modifiable factors that are associated with prediabetes is important because they can be the targets of effective prevention strategies.…”

“…Furthermore, the definition of prediabetes has changed since 1979 with the reduction of the cut-off point of fasting glucose in 2003 and the inclusion of glycated Hb (HbA1c) as a new diagnostic criterion in 2009 (1,7) . This is the reason why many of the available studies did not integrate HbA1c in their definition of prediabetes or did not use the recent glucose cut-off point (3)(4)(5)(6) . Therefore, it is important to generate new studies that use the most recent definition of prediabetes.…”