Clement Stephen
Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA.
Clin Podiatr Med Surg. 2019 Jul;36(3):349-354. doi: 10.1016/j.cpm.2019.02.001. Epub 2019 Apr 1.
Diabetes prevalence is increasing in the United States. As of 2017, 30.3 million people in the United States have diabetes (9.4% of population). Of these, an estimated 7.2 million persons are undiagnosed. Prediabetes, a condition that is associated with peripheral neuropathy and is a precurser to diabetes, affects 83.1 million or 33.9% of adults in the United States. Diabetes is most commonly diagnosed by fasting plasma glucose or by an A1C test. An oral glucose tolerance test can also be used, but its use is primarily restricted to research settings.
在美国，糖尿病的患病率正在上升。截至2017年，美国有3030万人患有糖尿病（占总人口的9.4%）。其中，估计有720万人未被诊断出患有糖尿病。糖尿病前期是一种与周围神经病变相关且是糖尿病先兆的病症，影响着美国8310万成年人，占比33.9%。糖尿病最常通过空腹血糖或糖化血红蛋白检测来诊断。口服葡萄糖耐量试验也可使用，但其主要限于研究环境中使用。
