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. 2009 Jul;3(4):722–726. doi: 10.1177/193229680900300417

Table 2.

Estimated Number of U.S. Adults (Age ≥20 years) in Several Categories of Impaired Glucose Metabolism for 2007a

Total population Prediabetes (IFG/IGT) Diabetes

Undiagnosed (FG/OGTT)b Diagnosed (self-report)
Non-Hispanic White 151,789,928 44,474,449 8,500,236 10,018,135
Non-Hispanic Black 26,051,718 6,538,981 1,068,120 3,334,620
Mexican American 18,338,148 5,813,193 1,155,303 1,540,404
Total 196,179,794 56,826,623 10,723,659 14,893,159
a

Portions taken from Cowie and colleagues2 and applied to census data from the 2007 U.S. population (www.census.gov).

b

According to fasting glucose or the oral glucose tolerance test.