HbA1c levels of 5.7% to 6.4% indicates prediabetes, and 6.5% or higher indicates diabetes.

7-6.4%的HbA1c水平指示糖尿病前期，而6.5%及以上指示糖尿病。

In 2001, the American Diabetes Association began to call a slightly elevated blood sugar level " prediabetes."

2001年， 美国糖尿病协会开始将略微升高的血糖水平称为“糖尿病前期” 。

Prediabetes causes no symptoms or complications, and some international organizations disavow the label.

糖尿病前期不会引起任何症状或并发症，一些国际组织否认这一标签。

But there are drugs used for diabetes or obesity that are prescribed to patients " off-label" for prediabetes.

但是有一些用于糖尿病或肥胖症的药物是开给糖尿病前期“标签外”患者的。

Researchers from the University of Alabama were interested to see if fasting might help people with prediabetes, meaning they were on their way to getting full blown diabetes.

阿拉巴马大学的研究人员有兴趣了解禁食是否可以帮助患有前驱糖尿病的人，这意味着他们正在发展为完全成熟的糖尿病。