CHANDIGARH: A population-based study conducted in Chandigarh on 473 individuals screened by PGI for 10 years found that of the 376 persons who had normal glucose levels, 33% progressed to prediabetes in 10 years.
Of the 97 individuals with prediabetes at baseline, 54 progressed to diabetes, registering an incidence rate of 59.8 per 1,000 person-years. The study found that of the incident diabetes cases, 41.9% were undiagnosed.
