Women get diabetes far earlier than men. A research result could lead to new diabetes screening procedures to help identify who is at greatest risk of developing the disease. Women in the study had a higher incidence of pre diabetes than men. Because these pre-diabetic markers are not routinely assessed and because diabetes is strongly linked with coronary heart disease, the study may help explain why the decline in death rates for heart disease in diabetic women lags behind that of diabetic men. Diabetes Care Feb. 2007