Increased screening could ID more diabetes cases
Almost all of the 5.9 million Americans who have diabetes but don't know it could be identified if people with just one risk factor are screened for diabetes, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston say.1
Screening patients with just one risk factor would catch almost 100% of new diabetes cases if existing guidelines were followed, the researchers conclude. Screening people with two or more risk factors would help detect 98% of the cases and would reduce the number of tests that have to be performed. The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Reference
1. Dallo F, Weller SC. Effectiveness of diabetes mellitus screening recommendations. Proc Natl Acad Sci 2003; 100(18): 10,574-10,579.
Almost all of the 5.9 million Americans who have diabetes but don't know it could be identified if people with just one risk factor are screened for diabetes, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston say.You have reached your article limit for the month. Subscribe now to access this article plus other member-only content.
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