Prevalence of Pre-Diabetes among Adults Attending Primary Health Care Centers, Makkah City, Saudi Arabia

Background: Diabetes mellitus has become a worldwide pandemic and is causing huge costs and burdens upon patients as well as health care givers. There is increasing evidence that lifestyle alterations are extremely effective in delaying the onset of pre-diabetes or development from prediabetes to type-2 diabetes mellitus. Objectives: To determine the prevalence rate of pre-diabetes among adult population attending a reference primary health care center (PHCC) in Makkah city, to identify sociodemographic, lifestyle, medical factors and to describe knowledge and attitude toward pre-diabetes among the studied population.