Characteristics of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus in a population undergoing health screening in Japan: Target populations for efficient screening

Abstract Aims To estimate the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus and its relationship with various risk factors in a population undergoing health screening in Japan. Methods Oral glucose tolerance tests were carried out in a total sample of 14,674 Japanese subjects undergoing health screeni...

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Published in:	Diabetes research and clinical practice Vol. 83; no. 3; pp. 341 - 346
Main Authors:	Bando, Yukihiro, Kanehara, Hideo, Aoki, Keiko, Katoh, Ken-ichiro, Toya, Daisyu, Tanaka, Nobuyoshi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01-03-2009
Subjects:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Diabetes Mellitus - diagnosis Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology Diabetic screening Dyslipidemias - epidemiology Endocrinology & Metabolism Female Glucose Tolerance Test Humans Hypertension - epidemiology Japan - epidemiology Male Mass Screening - standards Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data Middle Aged Number needed to screen Obesity - epidemiology Oral glucose tolerance test Patient Selection Prevalence Reproducibility of Results Risk factors ROC curve Young Adult Japan oral glucose tolerance test World Health Organization Diabetic screening number needed to screen NNTS ROC curve OGTT receiver operating characteristic curve Risk factors WHO Oral glucose tolerance test Number needed to screen
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