Open AccessDetermination of Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Screening Tests using a Mathematical Formula in Place of Invasive Blood Tests
Author(s) -
Neeru Gupta,
Jugal Kishore,
P. C. Ray,
Charu Kohli,
Neeta Kumar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/14812.7039
Subject(s) - medicine , postprandial , diabetes mellitus , urine , population , gold standard (test) , type 2 diabetes mellitus , prevalence , blood sugar , endocrinology , environmental health
True prevalence rate of diabetes mellitus in a population can be obtained by using invasive tests but it is practically difficult on large scale.