- Specialty
- Endocrinology
- Complications
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease , vascular disease .
- Duration
- 10 to 15 years before developing type 2 diabetes.
- Causes
- Lipotoxicity , use of glucocorticoids , anti-adrenergic , protease inhibitors , selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors , atypical antipsychotics .
- Risk factors
- Hyperinsulinemia
- Diagnostic method
- Glucose challenge test , Glucose clamp technique .
- Prognosis
- Hyperglycemia , hypertension , dyslipidemia , hyperuricemia , elevated inflammatory markers , endothelial dysfunction , a prothrombotic state, and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).