Abstract
Undiagnosed diabetes has particularly harmful consequences among women of reproductive
age. We assessed the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes among non-pregnant women of
reproductive age. In our data 30 women had A1C ≥ 6.5 and 28 had FPG ≥ 126 mg/dl values suggesting approximately 300,000 women of reproductive age nationwide
may have undiagnosed diabetes.
Abbreviations:
NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey), PGDM (pre-gestational diabetes mellitus)Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: November 11, 2013
Accepted:
October 10,
2013
Received in revised form:
August 13,
2013
Received:
July 16,
2013
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