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There are considerable gaps in primary care physician knowledge regarding risk factors that prompt screening for prediabetes and management recommendations for patients with prediabetes

Gaps in Physician Knowledge, Management of Prediabetes ID’d

Primary care doctors have limited knowledge about screening, management for prediabetes
Few patients with undiagnosed prediabetes are told that they are at high risk for diabetes

Few at Risk for Diabetes Report Being Informed by Provider

Many individuals with elevated glucose levels are unaware of their heightened diabetes risk
The incidence rate of pancreatic cancer increases with rising fasting blood glucose levels

Higher Fasting Plasma Glucose May Up Pancreatic Cancer Risk

Continuous increase in risk of pancreatic cancer with elevating fasting glucose, even within normal range
Most older adults with prediabetes remained stable or reverted back to normal blood sugar levels during a 12-year follow-up period

In Most Older Adults, Prediabetes Stays Stable or Improves

One-third of participants progressed to diabetes or died within the 12-year follow-up
Self-reported short and long sleep are both associated with adverse measures of glycemia among adults with prediabetes

Sleep Duration Tied to Adverse Measures of Glycemia

Findings seen among adults with prediabetes or recently diagnosed, untreated type 2 diabetes
Testosterone therapy can prevent progression to type 2 diabetes in men with prediabetes and hypogonadism

Testosterone Therapy in Hypogonadism Can Prevent Progression to T2DM

Men with prediabetes, hypogonadism achieved normal glucose regulation with TTh
Resistance training may be a viable option for patients with prediabetes seeking to prevent or delay progression to type 2 diabetes

Resistance Training May Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Progression

Findings based on two-year comparison to aerobic training, no exercise among patients with prediabetes
Eating red raspberries may help with glucose control in people with prediabetes

Raspberries May Aid Glucose Control With Prediabetes

With higher raspberry intake, individuals at risk for diabetes needed less insulin to manage blood glucose
Rates of diabetes screening are high

Rates of Diabetes Screening High Among Adults Age ≥45

HbA1c used less frequently but results in more abnormal results, more diagnoses of prediabetes, diabetes
Midlife increases in fasting glucose with conversion to diabetes are associated with higher cardiovascular disease risk

Avoiding Full-Blown Diabetes Cuts Cardiovascular Risk

Early detection of prediabetes may reduce risk for developing cardiovascular disease