Prediabetes in sub-saharan Africa: Pathophysiology, predictors, and prevalence

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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Main Authors: Chidimma Brenda Nwatu, Ekenechukwu Esther Young
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
pathogenesis
prediabetes
prevalence
prevention
sub-saharan africa
Online Access:http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2020;volume=29;issue=3;spage=343;epage=350;aulast=Nwatu

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