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SUBMITTER: Richter B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6516891 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Richter Bernd B Hemmingsen Bianca B Metzendorf Maria-Inti MI Takwoingi Yemisi Y
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20181029
<h4>Background</h4>Intermediate hyperglycaemia (IH) is characterised by one or more measurements of elevated blood glucose concentrations, such as impaired fasting glucose (IFG), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and elevated glycosylated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). These levels are higher than normal but below the diagnostic threshold for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The reduced threshold of 5.6 mmol/L (100 mg/dL) fasting plasma glucose (FPG) for defining IFG, introduced by the American Diabete ...[more]