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Classification of screening test results and recommendations made to individuals who participated in the National Campaign to Detect Diabetes Mellitus |
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| Categoriesa |
Recommendation |
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| Fasting capillary glucoseb (mmol/l) |
< 5.6 |
Normal |
Repeat test in 3 years |
| 5.6 to 6.0 |
High normalc |
Schedule future appointment |
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| 6.1 to 6.9 |
Borderlinec |
Schedule future appointment |
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| 7.0 to 11.1 |
Altered |
Order fasting serum glucose and recommend return medical appointment |
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| 11.1 to 14.9 |
Diabetes likely |
Order fasting serum glucose and schedule clinical appointment |
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| ≥ 15.0 |
Diabetes very likely |
Immediate consultation with physician |
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| Non-fasting capillary glucose (mmol/l) |
< 7.8 |
Normal |
Repeat test in 3 years |
| 7.8 to 11.0 |
Borderline |
Schedule future appointment |
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| 11.1 to 14.9 |
Diabetes likely |
Order fasting serum glucose and schedule clinical appointment |
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| ≥ 15.0 |
Diabetes very likely |
Immediate consultation with physician. |
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Brazil, 2001. a All screening results not classified as normal were considered positive. b Fasting was defined as absence of food ingestion 4 hours prior to capillary glucose test. c These subcategories were developed for the purpose of this study, having been treated as a single category (borderline) during the program implementation. | |||
Toscano et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:189 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-189 |
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