Haasken, Steven2009-09-182009-09-182009-09-18https://hdl.handle.net/11299/53690The information provided in this handout does not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Minnesota Medical School physicians and faculty. These materials are provided for informational purposes only and are in no way intended to take the place of the advice and recommendations of your personal health care provider. You use the information provided in these handouts at your own risk.Patients with Metabolic Syndrome have an increased risk of developing Diabetes compared to those with impaired glucose tolerance alone. Treatment with acarbose has been shown to reduce the risk of developing Diabetes from 18.7% to 13.5% in patients with Metabolic Syndrome. This provides a relative risk reduction of 27% per year. The number needed to treat to prevent diabetes over 3.3 years was 5.8 in those patients with Metabolic Syndrome. In patients without Metabolic Syndrome, the intervention was less successful with a number needed to treat of 16.5.en-USMetabolic SyndromeSyndrome XDysmetabolic SyndromeacarboseHypoglycemic AgentsDiabetesOther