14/11/2023
Diabetes is a Silent Disease, Save Some Lives!
Criteria for Screening for Diabetes or Pre-diabetes in Asymptomatic Adults:
🔵Testing should be considered in adults with overweight or obesity who have one or more of the following risk factors:
🔷First-degree relative with diabetes
🔷High-risk race/ethnicity (e.g., African American, Latino, Native American, Asian American, Pacific Islander)
🔷History of cardiovascular disease (CVD)
🔷Hypertension (≥130/80 mmHg or on therapy for hypertension)
🔷HDL cholesterol level 250 mg/dL (2.82 mmol/L)
🔷Individuals with polycystic o***y syndrome (PCOS)
🔷Physical inactivity
🔷Other clinical conditions associated with insulin resistance (e.g., severe obesity, acanthosis nigricans)
🔵People with prediabetes (A1C ≥5.7%, Impaired Glucose Tolerance, or Impaired Fasting Glucose) should be tested yearly.
🔵People who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) should have lifelong testing at least every 3 years.
🔵For all other people, testing should begin at age 35 years.
🔵If results are normal, testing should be repeated at a minimum of 3-year intervals, with consideration of more frequent testing depending on initial results and risk status.
🔵People with HIV
