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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Screening for type 2 *diabetes does not reduce death rates, a groundbreaking British study has concluded.
It found no evidence that screening had any impact on mortality rates of people diagnosed with the illness, which usually starts in adulthood and has been linked to poor diet.
The study assessed the number of deaths over ten years in a group of more than 20,000 patients across 32 GP surgeries in the UK. The people were all aged between 40 and 69 and were at high risk of contracting diabetes.
They divided into three groups ? one where screening was followed up by routine care for those diagnosed with diabetes, a second where screening was followed by intensive management of the illness and a control group where no screening took place.
Death rates were not reduced in any of the groups, despite screening and aftercare.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/health...from-diabetes-screening-study-finds-1-2561741
It found no evidence that screening had any impact on mortality rates of people diagnosed with the illness, which usually starts in adulthood and has been linked to poor diet.
The study assessed the number of deaths over ten years in a group of more than 20,000 patients across 32 GP surgeries in the UK. The people were all aged between 40 and 69 and were at high risk of contracting diabetes.
They divided into three groups ? one where screening was followed up by routine care for those diagnosed with diabetes, a second where screening was followed by intensive management of the illness and a control group where no screening took place.
Death rates were not reduced in any of the groups, despite screening and aftercare.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/health...from-diabetes-screening-study-finds-1-2561741