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Over 34% of US adults fall in the pre-diabetes category, with 84% meeting the criteria for impaired fasting glucose.
Practitioners should be aware of the high prevalence of pre-diabetes in the adult population.
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By current estimates, over 34% of US adults fall in PD category, 84% of whom meet the American Diabetes Association's criteria for impaired fasting glucose (IFG).
Why this rating
The claim is based on a large dataset from NHANES.
Source
Peer Review #2 of "Physical activity and pre-diabetes—an unacknowledged mid-life crisis: findings from NHANES 2003–2006 (v0.2)"
2014
DOI 10.7287/peerj.499v0.2/reviews/2
cross-sectional · n=1317
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