Screening for Type 2 Diabetes Author: Lorraine Lipscombe, MD, FRCPC; Denice S. Feig, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Editorial changes - 2010-01-07
Author information and module status
Key Points
Population at Risk
Effectiveness/Harms of Screening Tests
Effectiveness/Harms of Early Treatment
Direct Evidence that Screening Reduces Adverse Outcomes
Timeline
Cost-Effectiveness
Patient Education
Referral/Consultation
Guidelines
Tables
References
Glossary
What's New
Patient Information
Additional Resources
Tools
Patient Information
Web
 American College of Physicians Foundation: HEALTH TiPS: Diabetes
 American Diabetes Association: How to Prevent Pre-Diabetes
 American Diabetes Association: Pre-Diabetes
 American Diabetes Association: Risk Test
 Canadian Diabetes Association: Are You at Risk?
 National Diabetes Education Program: About Diabetes and Pre-diabetes
 National Diabetes Education Program: Diabetes Control
 National Diabetes Education Program: Diabetes Prevention
 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: What I Need to Know About Eating and Diabetes
 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: Your Guide to Diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2
 American Diabetes Association: Diabetes Risk Test (Spanish)
 American Diabetes Association: Diabetes Risk Test (Chinese)
FAQs
Denice S. Feig, MD, MSc, FRCPC has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Lorraine Lipscombe, MD, FRCPC has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Sonal Singh, MD, editorial consultant, has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.
Darren B. Taichman, MD, PhD, Editor, PIER, has received grant support from Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd , and honoraria for continuing medical education grand rounds and lectures given.

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