Prediabetes and diabetes cardiovascular risk

Yes, both pre-diabetes and diabetes are very clearly associated with increased cardiovascular risk. There’s tons of medical data behind it and it primarily has to do with insulin resistance, which can increase inflammation at the vessel wall, and it produces free fatty acid which directly is linked to development of plaque . Roughly one in four people have pre-diabetes and one in 11 have diabetes . The diabetes figure is close to 1:8 for south Asians. So it is very important that we try to control both diabetes and pre-diabetes very aggressively.