Impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glucose: a descriptive study of current practice in primary care

摘要

In the UK there is currently no national screening programme for diabetes mellitus or IGT/IFG. As described earlier, the prevalence of IGT/IFG in the UK is poorly characterised, with estimates ranging from 3% to 18%. The recognition and diagnosis of IGT/IFT in primary care in the UK has not, to the best of our knowledge, been reported previously. The current state of practice is important when it comes to considering the costs of any recommendations, because those costs will depend on how much is being done at present.In order to estimate the extent to which people with IGT/IFG are being diagnosed in primary care, and to determine how they were being managed, we conducted a descriptive study of clinical practice using the UK GPRD.