Table 1.
Criteria for three screening guidelines and definitions from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007–2012.
Fig 1.
Percentage of US adults reporting receipt of glucose testing by eligibility status according to diabetes screening guidelines.
Abbreviations: USPSTF, United States Preventive Services Task Force; ADA, American Diabetes Association. Data were from 5,813 adults without diagnosed diabetes in the 2007–2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Receipt of glucose testing was defined as an affirmative answer to the question, “Have you had a blood test for high blood sugar or diabetes within the past three years?” Any risk factor is defined as: age ≥45 years, body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2, family history of diabetes, high-risk ethnicity, history of gestational diabetes or prediabetes, or blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg.
Table 2.
Characteristics of adults without diagnosed diabetes according to US guideline eligibility groupsa who did and did not report receipt of glucose testingb in past 3 years.
Table 3.
Prevalence of self-reported receipt of glucose testing in past 3 years and dysglycemia according to selected major risk factors among US adults without diagnosed diabetes.
Table 4.
Performancea of screening criteria in identifying dysglycemia among US adults without diagnosed diabetes.