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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 1348584" data-attributes="member: 88961">This is the whole BMJ article, if you feel inclined to read it:  <a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.i6538" target="_blank">http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.i6538</a>The conclusion of the abstract was pretty damning enough:".... Conclusions HbA1c is neither sensitive nor specific for detecting pre-diabetes; fasting glucose is specific but not sensitive. Interventions in people classified through screening as having pre-diabetes have some efficacy in preventing or delaying onset of type 2 diabetes in trial populations. As screening is inaccurate, many people will receives an incorrect diagnosis and be referred on for interventions while others will be falsely reassured and not offered the intervention. These findings suggest that “screen and treat” policies alone are unlikely to have substantial impact on the worsening epidemic of type 2 diabetes....."</blockquote>

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