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COMMENDATORE, Víctor et al. Opiniones y recomendaciones de la Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes. Glucemia en ayunas alterada: ¿es oportuno utilizar el punto de corte en 100 mg/dl en Argentina?. Rev. Soc. Argent. Diabetes [online]. 2023, vol.57, n.1, pp.9-19. ISSN 0325-5247.

To establish the cut-off point between normal and impaired fasting glycemia (IFG) is extremely important for the purposes of considering a patient at risk both of progressing to more advanced stages of the disease and of suffering micro- and macroangiopathic complications. Since 2006, the Argentine Diabetes Society (ADS), based on the evidence considered at that time, established the lower limit of IFG at 110 mg/d, laterduring the year 2022, The Board of Directors of the ADS vened a group of experts in order to assess whether this recommendation should be maintained or, like other prestigious scientific societies, adopt 100 mg/dl for this purpose.

This Opinions and Recommendations document contains therationale for which the SAD will adopt, from now on, 100 mg/dlas the lower limit of the IFG, based on the new scientific edence that shows that from this cut-off point it produces increase in progression to diabetes and both macro and microangiopathic complications.

Palabras clave : impaired fasting blood glucose; diabetes mellitprediabetes; recommendations.

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