Prediabetes and Diabetes Screening Eligibility and Detection in US Adults After Changes to US Preventive Services Task Force and American Diabetes Association Recommendations

Michael Fang; Dan Wang; Justin B Echouffo-Tcheugui; Elizabeth Selvin

doi:10.1001/jama.2022.5185

Prediabetes and Diabetes Screening Eligibility and Detection in US Adults After Changes to US Preventive Services Task Force and American Diabetes Association Recommendations

JAMA. 2022 May 17;327(19):1924-1925. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.5185.

Authors

Michael Fang¹, Dan Wang¹, Justin B Echouffo-Tcheugui², Elizabeth Selvin¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study using NHANES data assesses the proportion of asymptomatic US adults eligible for screening based on new vs current US Preventive Services Task Force and American Diabetes Association screening guidelines, overall and among those with prediabetes or undiagnosed diabetes.

MeSH terms

Adult
Advisory Committees
Diabetes Mellitus* / diagnosis
Humans
Mass Screening* / standards
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Prediabetic State / diagnosis
Preventive Health Services
United States

Abstract

MeSH terms

Grants and funding