How do you approach the management of newly discovered prediabetes in adults over the age of 65?

We know that even at the same given HgA1c, a 90-year-old patient and a 30-year-old patient have different patterns in their day-to-day sugars. The 90-year-old patient will have a wider amplitude of sugars above and below a given average sugar level. Therefore, while a given HgA1c gives us an idea of...

An important and yet understudied issue.

There are several reasons why newly discovered prediabetes in older adults needs different considerations compared to the younger cohort.

1. HbA1C increases with aging, and yet no separate criteria exist regarding what are normal values at older age. It is uncl...