‘Prediabetes’ as a practical distinctive window for workable fruitful wonders: Prevention and progression alert as advanced professionalism

Figure 1 Etiologic classes of diabetes mellitus.

Figure 2 ‘Prediabetes’ conceptual framework ‘3ASs’.

Figure 3 Algorithm for screening. ¹Risk factors: Maternal history of diabetes or gestational diabetes; Family history of diabetes in 1st- or 2^nd-degree relative; Race/ethnicity (Native American, African American, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander); Signs of insulin resistance or conditions associated with insulin resistance (acanthosis nigricans, hypertension, dyslipidemia, polycystic ovary syndrome); Use of obesogenic psychotropic medications[1,8].

Figure 4 Visual summary.