impaired fasting glucose


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impaired fasting glucose

Abbreviation: IFG
Abnormal glucose metabolism demonstrated by the presence of a fasting blood sugar that is greater than 100 mg/dl, but less than 126 mg/dL.
See also: glucose
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0001 Absent Data are expressed as no of patients (%), * Data are expressed as mean [+ or -] standard deviation (SD), NS: Not significant, BMI: Body mass index, WHR: Waist-hip ratio, FBG: Fasting blood glucose, DM: Diabetes mellitus, IFG: Impaired fasting glucose
Prevalence of impaired fasting glucose in an urban population of central India
Impaired glucose tolerance, but not impaired fasting glucose, is a risk factor for early-stage atherosclerosis.
Usefulness of pulse wave velocity as an indicator of atherosclerosis in subjects with impaired fasting glucose
Lifestyle modification and prevention of type 2 diabetes in overweight Japanese with impaired fasting glucose levels: a randomized controlled trial.
Attribution of lifestyle risk factors in subjects with and without Impaired Fasting Glucose
Impaired fasting glucose--a glucose level between 100-125 mg/dl [milligrams per deciliter] is known as pre-diabetes, and about 25% of people who have impaired fasting glucose will, at some point, develop type 2 diabetes," Rafalson explains.
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The ADA defines impaired fasting glucose as a fasting plasma glucose of 5.
Diagnosis of diabetes in 2010: diabetes continues to be an important disease and the incidence is rising
The frequency of occurence of impaired fasting glucose in the present study was 30.
Epidemiology of conventional cardiovascular risk factors among hypertensive subjects with normal and impaired fasting glucose
Survey design: A cross-sectional, single-center study was carried out between October 2007 and June 2008, in Fatih University Hospital, with 908 subjects who were admitted to our Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Endocrinology outpatient clinics without any known hypertension, diabetes mellitus, impaired fasting glucose and hyperlipidemia.
Role of GGT in diagnosis of metabolic syndrome: a clinic-based cross-sectional survey
Fasting blood glucose levels between 100 and 125 mg/dL is referred to as impaired fasting glucose (Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus, 2003; Harmel & Mathur, 2004).
Understanding diabetes mellitus and kidney disease
Impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose refer to a mean blood glucose level that is in the 100-125 mg/dl range.
Control blood glucose levels to minimize heart risk: a healthier diet and exercise can go a long way toward preventing the onset of diabetes
adults are known to have prediabetes, a condition defined as having impaired fasting glucose (plasma glucose level of 100 to <126 mg/dL after an overnight fast), impaired glucose tolerance (plasma glucose level of 140 to <200 mg/dL after a 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test), or both (1-3).
Self-reported prediabetes and risk-reduction activities--United States, 2006
Accordingly, MS encompasses type 2 diabetes or impaired fasting glucose plus two other of the following factors: hypertension (systolic pressure greater than (>) 140 or diastolic pressure greater (>) than 90 mmHg; Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than 30; elevated urinary albumin excretion rate; hypertriglyceridemia or low HDL-C (normal values are similar to the ATP III criteria).
Women and the metabolic syndrome: an overview of its peculiarities
Doctors sometimes refer to this state of elevated blood glucose levels as Impaired Glucose Tolerance or Impaired Fasting Glucose (IGT/IFG), depending on which test was used to detect it.
Pre-diabetes: what you need to know

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