Two Metabolites Predict Prediabetes in Hispanic Youth: Medscape

A phytochemical and a medium-chain fatty acid showed strong potential to enhance the prediction of prediabetes beyond established clinical risk factors in at-risk Hispanic adolescents.

The study, by Jesse A. Goodrich, of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, and colleagues, was published online November 16 in Diabetes Care.