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  • noun A latent condition preceding the development of diabetes mellitus, often marked by impaired glucose metabolism without clinical confirmation of the presence of the disease.

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  • noun The state in which blood glucose levels are above normal but have not reached those of diabetes.

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pre- +‎ diabetes

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Examples

  • If they are higher than normal but not yet high enough to indicate full-blown diabetes, you may have what is called prediabetes or glucose intolerance.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • If they are higher than normal but not yet high enough to indicate full-blown diabetes, you may have what is called prediabetes or glucose intolerance.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • If they are higher than normal but not yet high enough to indicate full-blown diabetes, you may have what is called prediabetes or glucose intolerance.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • If they are higher than normal but not yet high enough to indicate full-blown diabetes, you may have what is called prediabetes or glucose intolerance.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • Having impaired fasting glucose is commonly referred to as prediabetes because many people with prediabetes go on to develop type 2 diabetes.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • Having impaired fasting glucose is commonly referred to as prediabetes because many people with prediabetes go on to develop type 2 diabetes.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2009

  • Nicotine promotes insulin resistance, also called prediabetes, which is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, according to the new study, which was presented at The Endocrine Society's 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Additionally, the study authors were able to partially reverse this harmful effect of nicotine in mice by treating them with the nicotine antagonist mecamylamine, a drug that blunts the action of nicotine.

    Diabetes News from dLife.com 2009

  • It involved 27 research centers across the nation, from the Bronx to California, and enrolled 3,000 people with "prediabetes" -- blood sugar levels so high that, without help, most of them will have diabetes in ten years.

    Chris Norwood: First, Repair the Human Infrastructure 2009

  • In the previous chapter we gave you strong evidence that carbohydrate restriction in people with metabolic syndrome aka prediabetes results in a sharp reduction in the biomarkers of inflammation.

    THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010

  • In the previous chapter we gave you strong evidence that carbohydrate restriction in people with metabolic syndrome aka prediabetes results in a sharp reduction in the biomarkers of inflammation.

    THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010

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