New blood sugar tests can better
detect pre-diabetes
New York: Using a combination of two
blood sugar tests rather than a single test would improve detection of
pre-diabetes in children and adults, according to a new study led by the
Georgia State University in the US.
The researchers found that measuring
both a person's fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and haemoglobin A1C (HbA1C)
results in more accurate pre-diabetes detection across age, race/ethnicity and
body mass than using only one of the tests.
Improving detection of pre-diabetes
would save the American health care system and patient's money by motivating
subjects with pre-diabetes to seek preventative care, said Ike S. Okosun,
director of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
The researchers noted that 24 million
Americans have Type-2 diabetes -- a number that is projected to grow to 39
million by 2050. Another 65 million Americans have pre-diabetes, a figure that
could double by 2030.
"Given the increasing prevalence
of Type-2 diabetes, coming up with methods to catch the disease and stop it is
a public health imperative," Okosun added. The American Diabetes
Association supports use of a different test, the haemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) test,
to diagnose patients with Type-2 diabetes.
The research findings were based on
analysis of data from the 2007-2008.
Most people being tested for
pre-diabetes undergo either a fasting plasma glucose (FPG) test, which measures
their blood sugar after a period of not eating -- usually a few hours -- or an
oral glucose test (OGT), which measures their blood sugar soon after consuming
a certain amount of carbohydrate.
Combining all three tests did not
improve the overall detection of pre-diabetes beyond what was observed using
the FBG test along with the HbA1C, the researchers found.
The study was published in the Frontiers in Public Health.
Source: www.zeenews.india.com
02.12.2015
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