Risk of Progression to Diabetes Among Older Adults With Prediabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The term prediabetes is used to identify individuals at increased risk for diabetes. However, the natural history of prediabetes in older age is not well characterized.

Objectives

To compare different prediabetes definitions and characterize the risks of prediabetes and diabetes among older adults in a community-based setting.

Design, setting, and participants

In this prospective cohort analysis of 3412 older adults without diabetes from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (baseline, 2011-2013), participants were contacted semiannually through December 31, 2017, and attended a follow-up visit between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2017 (median [range] follow-up, 5.0 [0.1-6.5] years).

Exposures

Prediabetes defined by a glycated hemoglobin

SUBMITTER: Rooney MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7871207 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature