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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 109817" data-attributes="member: 12578">Neither borderline nor pre diabetes are 'officia'l terms (pre diabetes is used in the US.)There are two conditions on testing impaired glucose tolerance (7.8 to 11.0 mmol on the 75-g oral glucose tolerance test) and impaired fasting glucose( 5.6 to 6.9 mmol per L)Of the two  impaired glucose tolerance is a greater risk of progressing to diabetes and is itself a risk for cardiovascular disease  nevertheless there are people with these levels that will never progress to Type 2. Where it is associated with other factors, being overweight, high ldl levels, low hdl levels, high blood pressure etc then the  risk is  much higher.<a href="http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/119020-overview" target="_blank">http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/119020-overview</a> Several studies have found that 'lifestyle' interventions reduce the risk for people with impaired glucose tolerance of  progression to type 2.Lots of detail  including the advice and studies here<a href="http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040415/1961.html" target="_blank">http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040415/1961.html</a></blockquote>

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