Cognition is the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.[1] It encompasses processes such as knowledge, attention, memory and working memory, judgment and evaluation, reasoning and computation, problem solving and decision making, comprehension and production of language.
Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT): A person is said to have impaired glucose tolerance when the fasting plasma glucose is less than 126 mg/dl and the two hour glucose level is between 140 and 199 mg/dl. This is sometimes referred to as prediabetes because people with IGT have a higher risk of developing diabetes.
Determine the presence of diabetes or glucose intolerance using established criteria. (http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/28/suppl_1/s37/T2). Obtain oral glucose tolerance test in women with. normal fasting glucose but other risk factors for diabetes (obesity, family history, ethnicity).