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A New Look at Screening and Diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus
Author(s) -
Christopher D. Saudek,
William H. Herman,
David B. Sacks,
Richard M. Bergenstal,
David Edelman,
Mayer B. Davidson
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2007-2174
Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , medicine , test (biology) , medline , plasma glucose , intensive care medicine , family medicine , pediatrics , endocrinology , paleontology , political science , law , biology
Diabetes is underdiagnosed. About one third of people with diabetes do not know they have it, and the average lag between onset and diagnosis is 7 yr. This report reconsiders the criteria for diagnosing diabetes and recommends screening criteria to make case finding easier for clinicians and patients.

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