Perspectives on Prediabetes and Aging.

Abstract

Diabetes prevention programs (DPPs) have been shown to effectively delay, and sometimes prevent, the progression from prediabetes to diabetes; however, labeling someone with prediabetes comes with potential negative psychological, financial, and self-perception consequences. Many older adults with prediabetes nowadays have a relatively "low-risk" form of prediabetes that rarely progresses to diabetes and may regress to normoglycemia. In this article, we review the impact of aging on glucose metabolism and provide a holistic approach to cases of prediabetes in older adults that maximizes the benefit-risk balance of interventions aimed at addressing prediabetes.

• Authors: Mohammed E Al-Sofiani, Alanood Asiri, Sarah Alajmi, Walid Alkeridy
• Journal: Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America (Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am) Vol. 52 Issue 2 Pg. 377-388 (06 2023) ISSN: 1558-4410 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 36948785 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Blood Glucose

Topics

• Humans
• Aged
• Prediabetic State (therapy)
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Aging
• Risk Assessment
• Blood Glucose (metabolism)