ea0037ep380 | Diabetes (pathiophysiology & epitemiology) | ECE2015
Shrestha Raj Kumar
, Gyawali Prabin
, Tuladhar Eans Tara
, Sharma Vijay Kumar
, Shrestha Sweta
, Jha Bharat
The number of the people with type 2 diabetes is increasing globally, therefore there is an increasing need to identify diabetes earlier and more efficiently. Nearly 80% of people with diabetes live in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Traditionally, we have relied on glucose-based criteria (fasting, postprandial, and random) to make the diagnosis of diabetes; however, HbA1c has recently been endorsed as a diagnostic test, as superior alternative to glucose-based criter...