Lifetime risk to progress from pre-diabetes to type 2 diabetes among women and men: comparison between American Diabetes Association and World Health Organization diagnostic criteria.
Thijs T W van HerptSymen LigthartMaarten J G LeeningMandy van HoekAloysius G LieverseM Arfan IkramEric J G SijbrandsAbbas DehghanMaryam KavousiPublished in: BMJ open diabetes research & care (2021)
Prevalence of pre-diabetes differed considerably in both women and men when applying ADA and WHO pre-diabetes definitions. Women with pre-diabetes had higher lifetime risk to progress to diabetes. The lifetime risk of diabetes was lower in women and men with ADA-defined pre-diabetes as compared with WHO. Improvement of pre-diabetes definition considering appropriate sex-specific and age-specific glycemic thresholds may lead to better identification of individuals at high risk of diabetes.