Classification: Prediabetes or IGT & IFG

Prediabetes:

Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) & Impaired Fasting Glucose (IFG):

• An intermediate between normal glucose homeostasis and diabetes.
• These are risk factors for future diabetes and cardiovascular disease and are not diagnostic of diabetes¹.
• Some may have IGT for years, some will develop diabetes, and others will revert to normal glucose tolerance. In most people it represents a transient stage in the development of type 2 DM.

Management: Lifestyle modifications-- healthy eating, smoking cessation, physical activity

• Zimbabwe Hand Jive¹
• Just the Basics¹
• Physical Activity and Diabetes¹

See also Metabolic Syndrome¹

Reference:

1. Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Committee. Canadian Diabetes Association 2003 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Diabetes in Canada. Can J Diabetes 2003; 27:S1- S152.