Opinions and recommendations of the Argentine Diabetes Society. Impaired fasting blood glucose: is it appropriate to use a cut-off point of 100 mg/dl in Argentina?

Authors

  • Víctor Commendatore Argentine Diabetes Society-National University of the Northeast (SAD-UNNE), Faculty of Medicine, Corrientes, Argentina
  • Cristina Faingold Dr. César Milstein Care Unit, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Cecilia Fenili "Norberto Quirno" Medical Education and Clinical Research Center (ProgBA-CEMIC), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Gustavo Daniel Frechtel Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, (UBA), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Claudio Daniel González Austral and Favaloro Universities and the Norberto Quirno Medical Education and Clinical Research University Institute (CEMIC) of Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Isabel Llanos Faculty of Medicine, National University of the Northeast (UNNE), Hospital A.I. de Llano, Corrientes, Argentina
  • Carla Lucarelli Association of High Complexity Laboratories (ALAC), Bahía Blanca, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • María del Carmen Maselli University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Carmen Mazza SAMIC J. P. Garrahan Pediatric Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Félix Miguel Puchulu José de San Martín Hospital de Clínicas, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Gabriela Ruibal T. Álvarez Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Silvina Valdez Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and Institute of Humoral Immunity Studies, Prof. R. Margni (IDEHU), UBA- National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47196/diab.v57i1.676

Keywords:

impaired fasting blood glucose, mellitus diabetes, prediabetes, recommendations

Abstract

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/dL, later, during the year 2022, The Board of Directors of the ADS convened a group of experts in order to assess whether this recommendation should be maintained or, like other prestigious scientific societies, adopt 100 gr/dL for this purpose.

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

Author Biographies

Víctor Commendatore, Argentine Diabetes Society-National University of the Northeast (SAD-UNNE), Faculty of Medicine, Corrientes, Argentina

Director of the Master's Degree in Diabetes

Cristina Faingold, Dr. César Milstein Care Unit, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Medical Manager, Endocrinology and Metabolism Service, Argentine Diabetes Society (SAD)

Cecilia Fenili, "Norberto Quirno" Medical Education and Clinical Research Center (ProgBA-CEMIC), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

International Program for External Quality Assurance in Clinical Analysis

Gustavo Daniel Frechtel, Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, (UBA), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Professor, Department of Medicine, Nutrition Orientation, Argentine Diabetes Society (SAD)

Claudio Daniel González, Austral and Favaloro Universities and the Norberto Quirno Medical Education and Clinical Research University Institute (CEMIC) of Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Argentine Diabetes Society (SAD)

Isabel Llanos, Faculty of Medicine, National University of the Northeast (UNNE), Hospital A.I. de Llano, Corrientes, Argentina

Chair of Biochemistry, Argentine Diabetes Society (SAD)

Carla Lucarelli, Association of High Complexity Laboratories (ALAC), Bahía Blanca, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Biochemistry

María del Carmen Maselli, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Former Biochemist and Researcher, Hospital de Clínicas J. F. de San Martín Laboratory, University of Buenos Aires (UBA); Former professor of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Argentine Diabetes Society (SAD)

Carmen Mazza, SAMIC J. P. Garrahan Pediatric Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Former Head, Nutrition and Diabetes Section, Argentine Diabetes Society (SAD)

Félix Miguel Puchulu, José de San Martín Hospital de Clínicas, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Diabetology Division Head, Argentine Diabetes Society (SAD)

Gabriela Ruibal, T. Álvarez Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Endocrinology Laboratory, Endocrinology Unit, Argentine Diabetes Society (SAD)

Silvina Valdez, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and Institute of Humoral Immunity Studies, Prof. R. Margni (IDEHU), UBA- National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Chair of Immunology, Argentine Society Diabetes (SAD)

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Commendatore, V., Faingold, C., Fenili, C., Frechtel, G. D., González, C. D., Llanos, I., Lucarelli, C., Maselli, M. del C., Mazza, C., Puchulu, F. M., Ruibal, G., & Valdez, S. (2023). Opinions and recommendations of the Argentine Diabetes Society. Impaired fasting blood glucose: is it appropriate to use a cut-off point of 100 mg/dl in Argentina?. Journal of the Argentine Society of Diabetes, 57(1), 9–19. https://doi.org/10.47196/diab.v57i1.676

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