Systematic diabetes screening using point-of-care HbA1c testing facilitates identification of prediabetes

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This prospective longitudinal study compares diabetes screenings between standard practices vs systematically offered point-of-care (POC) hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) tests in patients aged 45 years or older. Systematically screened participants (n = 164) identified 63% (n = 104) with unknown hyperglycemia and 53% (n = 88) in prediabetes. The standard practice (n = 324) screened 22% (n = 73), most commonly by blood glucose (96%); 8% (n = 6) and 33% (n = 24) were found to have diabetes and prediabetes, respectively. The association between screening outcome and screening method was statistically significant (P = 0.005) in favor of HbA1C. HbA1c may be the most effective method to identify patients unknowingly living in hyperglycemia. Point-of-care tests further facilitate screening evaluation in a timely and feasible fashion.

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Whitley, H. P., Hanson, C., & Parton, J. M. (2017). Systematic diabetes screening using point-of-care HbA1c testing facilitates identification of prediabetes. Annals of Family Medicine, 15(2), 162–164. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2035

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