Prevalence of pre-diabetes and undiagnosed diabetes in the Mollerussa prospective observational cohort study in a semi-rural area of Catalonia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes and pre-diabetes in the healthy population in the Mollerussa cohort. As a secondary objective, to identify the variables associated with these conditions and to describe the changes in glycaemic status after 1 year of follow-up in subjects with pre-diabetes.

Design

Prospective observational cohort study.

Setting

General population from a semi-rural area.

Participants

The study included 583 participants without a diagnosis of diabetes recruited between March 2011 and July 2014.

Results

The prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes was 20, 3.4% (95% CI 2.6 to 4.2) and that of pre-diabetes was 229, 39.3% (37.3 to 41.3). Among those with pre-diabetes, 18.3% had isolated impaired fasting plasma glucose (FPG

SUBMITTER: Falguera M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044846 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature