Survey of knowledge for diagnosing and managing prediabetes in Latin-America: cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Prediabetes has been proposed as a risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Despite the clinical importance of prediabetes, little is known about the level of knowledge, beliefs and barriers to screening and treating pred...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Garay, Paul A. Camacho, Jose Lopez-Lopez, Juliana Alvernia, Marcela Garcia, Daniel D. Cohen, Carlos Calderon, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13098-019-0500-4