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Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, non-traumatic lower-limb amputations, and blindness in adults. Approximately 37.3 million adults currently have diabetes, of which 8.5 million remain undiagnosed. [1] Diabetes cost the United States approximately $327 billion in direct medical costs and lost productivity in 2017. [1] [2]
Finding out you have prediabetes is a wake-up call, not a life sentence. Research shows that making healthy lifestyle changes can significantly reduce your risk of progressing to type 2 diabetes.
The prevalence of prediabetes worldwide is expected to increase. In 2021 720 million people worldwide had prediabetes, and this is estimated to increase to 1 billion people by 2045. [7] Other sources estimate that the worldwide prevalence of prediabetes will increase to 11% by 2045. [7] In the United States, 38% of all adults have prediabetes. [7]
As of 2012 another 57 million people were estimated to have prediabetes. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] There were approximately 12.1 million diabetes-related emergency department (ED) visits in 2010 for adults aged 18 years or older (515 per 10,000 U.S. population), accounting for 9.4 percent of all ED visits.
Countless Americans have pre-diabetes or diabetes and, like Blue was, are oblivious. More than 80% of those who have prediabetes aren’t aware of it, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Prediabetes doesn’t come with many symptoms, so most people with the conadition — about 90 percent — don’t know they have it. If you do experience prediabetes symptoms , you may notice ...
Per the WHO, people with fasting glucose levels from 6.1 to 6.9 mmol/L (110 to 125 mg/dL) are considered to have impaired fasting glucose. [88] People with plasma glucose at or above 7.8 mmol/L (140 mg/dL), but not over 11.1 mmol/L (200 mg/dL), two hours after a 75 gram oral glucose load are considered to have impaired glucose tolerance .
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