Many Americans Have Pre-Diabetes and Should Be Considered for Metformin Therapy
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Many Americans Have Pre-Diabetes and Should Be Considered for Metformin Therapy
OBJECTIVE To determine the proportion of the American population who would merit metformin treatment, according to recent American Diabetes Association (ADA) consensus panel recommendations to prevent or delay the development of diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Risk factors were evaluated in 1,581 Screening for Impaired Glucose Tolerance (SIGT), 2,014 Third National Health and Nutrition ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diabetes Care
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0149-5992,1935-5548
DOI: 10.2337/dc09-0341