Certain groups of people are ata higher risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus, therefore, asymptomatic individuals with the following criteria should be screened for diabetes:1
•Age more than 45 years
•History of gestational diabetes mellitus
•Impaired glucose tolerance
•Excess body weight
•Sedentary lifestyle
•Family history of diabetes
•History of delivery of big baby weighing more than 3.5 kg
•Dyslipidemia
•Hypertension (blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg)
•Clinical cardiovascular diseases (myocardial infarction, angina and stroke) or peripheral vascular diseases.
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