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Effectiveness of mass screening for diabetes mellitus using random capillary blood glucose measurements
Author(s) -
Moses Robert G.,
Colagiuri Steven,
Shan Anthony G.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb119946.x
Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , medicine , endocrinology
The results of 23 228 finger‐prick capillary blood glucose tests (the taking of which was coordinated by the Diabetic Association of New South Wales) were reviewed. All non‐diabetic persons ( n = 860) with a blood glucose result of greater than or equal to 8.0 mmol/L were surveyed and 459 responded (53.4%). The responders were typical of the surveyed group with respect to age and capillary blood glucose level. Sixty‐four new cases of diabetes were detected, representing 15.8% of the replies from persons who were not known to have diabetes and 0.28% of the total number of persons screened.