noun
prediabetes; borderline diabetes
Medical term for a condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not yet diabetic. Used in clinical and health contexts.
健康診断で境界型糖尿病と診断された。
I was diagnosed with prediabetes at my health checkup.
境界型糖尿病の段階で生活習慣を改善すれば、糖尿病への進行を防げる可能性がある。
If you improve your lifestyle at the prediabetes stage, you may be able to prevent progression to diabetes.
糖尿病 is full diabetes, while 境界型糖尿病 is the borderline/prediabetic stage.
Compound of 境界 (borderline) + 型 (type) + 糖尿病 (diabetes), a direct medical term for prediabetes.