Early Universal Screening with a Combination of Fasting Plasma Glucose and Glycated Haemoglobin is the Best Community Screening Strategy for Dysglycaemia in Indian Youth
The prevalence of dysglycaemia in non-obese Indian youth is alarmingly high. There is an urgent need to define screening strategies for dysglycaemia in this population. Based on this study, universal screening for dysglycaemia using HbA1c and FPG in early adulthood is recommended.
Authors
- Jabbar Puthiyaveettil Khadar
- Fayez A. Abdulsalam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3926-4877)
- Abilash Nair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6776-1582)
- Kingsley Akaba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4573-1187)
- Alpesh Goyal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0922-5022)
- Shivan Sivakumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5175-2697)
- Chintha Sujatha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6137-1492)
- Joy John
- Giri Vishnu
- Tanvir Kaur Gandhi
- Bipin Gopal
- Anish Thekkumkara Surendran Nair
- Jayakumari Chellama
Institutions
- Government Medical College (IN)
- Government Medical College (IN)
- Government of Kerala (IN)
- Indian Council of Medical Research (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijem.ijem_413_24
- Primary Topic
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Indian Council of Medical Research