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The cost per quality-adjusted-life-years was approximately $8800 for lifestyle intervention and $29 900 for metformin therapy in people with prediabetes (fasting blood sugar 110 to 125 mg/dL). Metformin intervention in prediabetics did not represent good use of resources for persons older than 65 years of age.



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