Detecting undiagnosed diabetes in urban Asian Indians--role of opportunistic screening
Ramachandran, A.; Snehalatha, C.; Vijay, V.; Colagiuri, S.
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 52: 545-546
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-5772 PMID: 15645978 Document Number: 584335
The aim of the study was to determine the proportion of incidental to symptomatic diagnosis of diabetes and to compare the profile of symptomatic and incidentally diagnosed diabetic subjects. One thousand newly diagnosed diabetic subjects (WHO criteria) were studied. Clinical, demographic, anthropometric details, blood pressure, glycaemic and lipid parameters were recorded. Reasons for medical check up were noted. Among the 1000 subjects, 29% were symptomatic for diabetes and 71% were incidentally diagnosed to have diabetes. Symptomatic subjects were younger, had higher glycaemia and prevalence of hypertension. The results show that majority of type 2 diabetic subjects remain asymptomatic and opportunistic screening for diabetes would be required for the early diagnosis of the disorder.