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What does ifg mean in terms of future likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes? can someone with ifg ever reverse to a state of normal fasting gluc?
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IFG and diabetes: Hi. IFG is a gray zone between normal fasting glucose and diabetes; such gray zones also exist for the 2-hour glucose tolerance test ant the A1c. Collectively, they are now prediabetes, because the risk of developing diabetes from prediabetes is much higher than from the "normal" category. Lifestyle modification and metformin have both been shown to reduce/delay progression to diabetes from predia
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