Components and validity of risk scores for screening for Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Diabetes is the fastest growing chronic disease worldwide. Conventional diagnostic tests, such as fasting plasma glucose, oral glucose tolerance test and glycosylated hemoglobin, are invasive and relatively expensive for application in low-income developing countries. Diabetes Risk Score has emerged...

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Published inDiabetes Management Vol. 2; no. 5; pp. 419 - 425
Main Authors Nguyen, Chung T, Lee, Andy H, Binns, Colin W
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published London Future Medicine Ltd 01.09.2012
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Taiwan
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Summary:Diabetes is the fastest growing chronic disease worldwide. Conventional diagnostic tests, such as fasting plasma glucose, oral glucose tolerance test and glycosylated hemoglobin, are invasive and relatively expensive for application in low-income developing countries. Diabetes Risk Score has emerged as a practical screening tool during the past decade. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the components and validity of risk scores for the screening and early detection of Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
ISSN:1758-1907
1758-1915
DOI:10.2217/dmt.12.43