Screening for people with abnormal glucose metabolism in the European DE-PLAN project. Issue 1 (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cos, Francesc Xavier; Barengo, Noël C.; Costa, Bernardo; Mundet-Tudurí, Xavier; Lindström, Jaana; Tuomilehto, Jaakko O.; the DE-PLAN Study Group, 1
• Is Part Of: Diabetes research and clinical practice. Volume 109:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 149
• Page End: 156
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Diabetes -- Periodicals; Diabetes Mellitus -- Periodicals; 616.462
• DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2015.04.016
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0168-8227

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">People with a FINDRISC &gt;20 had a 50% risk of having undetected Type 2 diabetes.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">The FINDRISC may be a practical tool to be used in primary health care systems.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">People with FINDRISC 15–19 had a 50–60% prevalence of abnormal glucose tolerance.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>