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ea0037ep380 | Diabetes (pathiophysiology & epitemiology) | ECE2015

Discrepancies between the HbA1c criteria and glucose-based criteria for diagnosis of diabetes and pre-diabetes

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...