Premium
The Early Diabetes Intervention Program – is early actually late ?
Author(s) -
Bergman Michael
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
diabetes/metabolism research and reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.307
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1520-7560
pISSN - 1520-7552
DOI - 10.1002/dmrr.2563
Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , intervention (counseling) , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , endocrinology
This Commentary briefly reviews the background of prediabetes including its definition and pathophysiology and describes as well the natural course of glycemic deterioration as it follows a continuum. Research efforts in identifying glucose and other biomarkers for the early detection of high‐risk individuals are summarized.