Impact of glucose level on morbidity and mortality in elderly with diabetes and pre-diabetes

Table 4 Guideline recommendations for glycemic control in the elderly

Article	Age	HbA1c target	Population
The 2014 ADA guidelines[4]	Any age	< 7%	Adult patients without serious comorbidities
		< 8%	Patients with a more complex status (see text) Age itself not a criteria
The consensus report of the ADA and the	> 65 yr	< 7.5%	Healthy old patients
American Geriatrics Society 2012[14]		< 8%	Patients with intermediate health status (multiple chronic illnesses or 2+ instrumental impairments or mild cognitive impairment)
		< 8.5%	Patients with poor health status (end-stage chronic illnesses or moderate to severe cognitive impairment or 2+ ADL dependencies)
The 2013 IDF guidelines[39]	> 70 yr	7%-7.5%	Functionally independent old patients
		7%-8%	Functionally dependent old patients
		< 8.5%	Frail elderly or dementia
		Any HbA1c; just to avoid hypoglycemia	Patients at end-of-life

ADA: American Diabetes Association; ADL: Activities of daily living; IDF: International Diabetes Federation.