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June 12, 2005

Vision Problems Can Occur During Pre-Diabetes

"Pre-diabetes" is an ambigious term used to describe those who have elevated glucose levels or an abnormal response to carbohydrate load but do not exhibit the physiological markers necessary to be classified as having diabetes. In particular, those with pre-diabetes often experience widely ranging glucose levels following meals but yet have normal HbA1c levels because their average glucose level is normal.

Forbes Health reports the results of a study indicating close to eight percent of people living with this condition are likely to have diabetic retinopathy.

The research involved participants in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), which included over 3,200 people with impaired glucose tolerance, another term for pre-diabetes.

Posted by Diabetologica at June 12, 2005 8:29 PM