Investigation of the risk factors associated with prediabetes in normal-weight Qatari adults: a cross-sectional study.

Type 2 diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the world, and more people than ever before have impaired glucose tolereance, or prediabetes. Many patients with impaired glucose tolerance and undiagnosed diabetes do not know that their glucose metabolism system has been in a state of disorder. Every year, about 5-10% of prediabetics develop diabetes.