Tests for Screening and Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
- Mary E. Cox, MD and
- David Edelman, MD
IN BRIEF
This article offers a discussion of available tests used to screen for and diagnose type 2 diabetes. It reviews the evidence supporting different screening strategies and describes the test characteristics of different diagnostic approaches, with particular reference to the American Diabetes Association's 1997 guidelines for diagnosis and 2009 standards of medical care for diabetes. The recent International Expert Committee report on the role of A1C in diagnosis is also discussed.
Footnotes
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Mary E. Cox, MD, is a fellow in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. David Edelman, MD, is a research associate at the Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and an associate professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.
- American Diabetes Association(R) Inc., 2009
