Screening for Risk Factors of Prediabetes Among Adult Patients at Sohag University Hospital

* Prediabetes is an intermediate state of hyperglycemia with glycemic parameters above normal but below the diabetes threshold.. * during the average 3 years of follow-up Prediabetes is diagnosed based on laboratory tests: fasting plasma glucose level (100-125 mg/dl) ;HbA1c, (5.7-6.4%) or plasma glucose level after an oral glucose tolerance test ( 140-199 mg/dl). * Reports estimate that more than 470 million people will have prediabetes by 2030. * According to an expert panel of the American Diabetes Association, up to 70% of individuals with prediabetes will eventually develop diabetes. * Observational evidence suggests as association between prediabetes and complications of diabetes such early nephropathy(10%) , small fiber neuropathy(18-25 %), early retinopathy (8-12%) and risk of macrovascular disease (52%) . * Screening for prediabetes is designed to save lives or enhance an individual's quality of life by early detection so that screening will minimize the risk of developing diabetes or its complications .