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Screening with OGTT alone or in combination with the Indian diabetes risk score or genotyping of TCF7L2 to detect undiagnosed type 2 diabetes in Asian Indians.
The Indian journal of medical research - 1 Mar 2011
Mohan V, Goldhaber-Fiebert Jeremy D, Radha V, Gokulakrishnan K
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: With increasing number of people with diabetes worldwide, particularly in India, it is necessary to search for low cost screening methods. We compared the effectiveness and costs of screening for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), using oral glucose tolerance testing (OGTT) alone, or following a positive result from the Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) or following a positive...
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