Prediabetes in sub-saharan Africa: Pathophysiology, predictors, and prevalence
Prediabetes – comprising impaired fasting glycaemia (IFG) and/or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) – is a transitory median interphase between normal blood glucose levels and diagnostic levels of diabetes. The raised blood glucose levels surreptitiously damage the body's organ systems and are of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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Series: | Nigerian Journal of Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2020;volume=29;issue=3;spage=343;epage=350;aulast=Nwatu |