For the study, researchers examined data on blood sugar levels for 5,786 people ages 12 to 34 who hadn't been diagnosed with diabetes. Overall, 18% of the younger people in the study, ranging in age from 12 to 18 years old, had "prediabetes," as did 24% of the adults 19 to 34 years old.
- About one in five teens and one in four young adults in the U.S. have slightly elevated blood sugar, sometimes known as"prediabetes," that can lead to full-blown diabetes, a study suggests.
These teens and young adults with prediabetes are at increased risk not only for developing type 2 diabetes - the common form of the disease associated with obesity and aging - but also cardiovascular problems that can lead to heart attacks and strokes, the study team writes. Levels between 5.7% and 6.4% are considered elevated, though not yet diabetic, while 5.7% or less is considered normal.
They also looked at what's known as impaired fasting glucose, when blood sugar levels are above a normal range but not quite high enough to formally diagnose diabetes. And, less than 16% of white teens had prediabetes, compared with more than 22% of black and Hispanic adolescents. This difference also carried through to early adulthood: about 21% of white people had prediabetes compared with 27% of black individuals and 29% of Hispanic young adults.
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