Performance of diabetes screening tests: an evaluation study of Iranian diabetes screening program
Abstract Background Type 2 diabetes is a common non-communicable disease that is responsible for about 9% of all deaths and a 25% reduction in life expectancy. However, nearly half of the diabetic patients are not aware of their disease. In this regard, to identify un-known diabetic patients, diabet...
Main Authors: | Fateme Kianpour, Mohammad Fararouei, Jafar Hassanzadeh, Mohammadnabi Mohammadi, Mostafa Dianatinasab |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
BMC
2021-01-01
|
Series: | Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13098-021-00632-9 |
Similar Items
-
Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and pre-diabetes with fasting plasma glucose, oral glucose tolerance test and A1C level: A1C based screening may be a better diagnostic tool for diabetes mellitus
by: Mehmet Ozgur Niflioglu, et al.
Published: (2012-12-01) -
A comparison in the ability to detect diabetic retinopathy between fasting plasma glucose and HbA1c levels in a longitudinal study
by: Yumi Matsushita, et al.
Published: (2021-01-01) -
Discrepancy in diagnoses of diabetes and prediabetes using fasting plasma glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin and the underdiagnosis by ICD-10 coding: data from a tertiary hospital in Thailand
by: Napalai Poorirerngpoom, et al.
Published: (2023-12-01) -
Efficacy of Sitagliptin When Added to Ongoing Therapy in Korean Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
by: Hye Soo Chung, et al.
Published: (2011-08-01) -
GESTATIONAL DIABETES: COMPARISON OF RANDOM AND FASTING PLASMA GLUCOSE AS MODALITIES OF SCREENING
by: Chibuike Chukwunyere, et al.
Published: (2020-11-01)