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摘要

Arnaud Chiolero and Fred Paccaud note that prediabetes is not a unique disease entity and that the risk of diabetes is a continuum along blood glucose values. This comment highlights one important message of our paper-ie, the potential benefits of risk scores for diabetes risk prediction. In addition to blood glucose as a continuous risk factor for diabetes, risk prediction algorithms take into account other important modifiable risk factors such as hypertension, diet, or physical inactivity. There is, however, a need for further research because few studies have examined whether the use of risk calculators improves prediction of diabetes risk on the basis of current definitions of prediabetes.