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ea0029p590 | Diabetes | ICEECE2012

Screening for unknown diabetes mellitus or IFG in a population of South Italy

Caretto A. , Cannalire F. , Piscitelli P. , Argentiero A. , Sturda A. , Menga C. , Lagattolla V.

The importance of early detection of diabetes mellitus helps to prevent the development of related chronic complications.Screening, which lasted a week, has been implemented in 31 pharmacies in the territory of the Province of Brindisi (Apulia–Italy) on a random sample of 1048 people. Blood glucose was measured by glucometer; a questionnaire was administered with anthropometric data and medical history and evaluation of the lifestyle of exercise and...