The study included 200cases of apparently healthy adults attending hospitals of
Damascus University, medical students, nurses and graduated doctors, whose aged over 18
years and of both genders during 2015, were excluded 11 cases of diagnosed diabe
tes, 35
cases of anemia, so the cases were 154.
The study showed that the prevalence of prediabetes was 14,9%, and the prevalence
on females was higher that on males (9,1% versus 5,8% respectively). While the
prevalence of IFG was 9,1%, and mostly with the age group 38-47 year. The most risk
factors in our study were obesity, central obesity,hypertriglyceridemia and high blood
pressure.
The study also showed high fasting insulin levels and increased insulin resistance in
patients with IFG, and showed a moderate positive linear correlation between fasting blood
glucose and insulin resistance.
It also appeared that it could not determine if the insulin resistance is the cause or
result, but the patient enters in defective circle.
