Prediabetes as a therapist’s area of responsibility
Abstract. Prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus development is an important task of public health. One of the ways to solve it is timely detection and treatment of prediabetes – hyperglycemia that does not meet the criteria for diabetes mellitus diagnosis. Prediabetes diagnostic methods include fasting plasma glucose measuring, oral glucose tolerance test, and glycated hemoglobin assessment. Treatment strategy includes changing of lifestyle and metformin therapy. The main therapeutic goal is weight loss. In long term perspective, a combination of lifestyle modification and metformin therapy is more effective than using only the first of these methods.Volkova N.I., Davidenko I.Yu., Repchenko D.P.
Keywords
prediabetes
type 2 diabetes mellitus
undiagnosed diabetes mellitus
prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus
metformin
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About the Authors
Natalya I. Volkova, MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), professor, head of the Department of internal medicine No. 3, Rostov State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 344021, Rostov-on-Don, 29 Nakhichevansky Lane.E-mail: n_i_volkova@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4874-7835. Scopus ID: 7101848943. eLibrary SPIN: 3146-8337
Ilya Yu. Davidenko, MD, PhD (Medicine), associate professor of the Department of internal medicine No. 3, Rostov State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 344021, Rostov-on-Don, 29 Nakhichevansky Lane.
E-mail: davidenko.iu@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8690-681X. Scopus ID: 55342181200. eLibrary SPIN: 4532-0724
Darya P. Repchenko, MD, assistant at the Department of internal medicine of No. 3, Rostov State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 344021, Rostov-on-Don, 29 Nakhichevansky Lane.
E-mail: dp.repchenko@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5158-7014. eLibrary SPIN: 7855-7134
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