Lowering the criterion for impaired fasting glucose is in order.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Predictors of new-onset diabetes mellitus in hypertensive patients: the VALUE trial.Journal of human hypertension · 2008
   Trial
2. Performance of fasting plasma glucose for community-based screening of undiagnosed diabetes and pre-diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025
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3. Differential clusters of modifiable risk factors for impaired fasting glucoseTherapeutic advances in chronic disease · 2019
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4. Prevalence of Pre-Diabetes across Ethnicities: A Review of Impaired Fasting Glucose (IFG) and Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) for Classification of Dysglycaemia.Nutrients · 2017 · on this map
   Review
5. Fasting glucose levels within the high normal range predict cardiovascular outcome.American heart journal · 2012
   Article
6. Ultrasonographic quantitative estimation of hepatic steatosis in children With NAFLD.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2011
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7. The association between cardiorespiratory fitness and risk of all-cause mortality among women with impaired fasting glucose or undiagnosed diabetes mellitus.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2009
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8. Glucometabolic state of in-hospital patients with primary hypertension in sub-population of partial regions in China.Journal of human hypertension · 2008
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9. New Zealand cardiovascular guidelines: best practice evidence-based guideline: the assessment and management of cardiovascular risk December 2003.The Clinical biochemist. Reviews · 2007
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10. Creating a pandemic of prediabetes: the proposed new diagnostic criteria for impaired fasting glycaemia.Diabetologia · 2004
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Corrections and comments

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  Lowering the criterion for impaired fasting glucose will not provide clinical benefit.2003

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