Study suggests tailoring diabetes screening by race and ethnicity may lead to earlier diagnosis.

Commentary: Tailoring diabetes screening by race, ethnicity may lead to earlier diagnosis – ACP Internist

News Release: Screening Some Sooner May Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes Diagnosis, Researchers Show – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Original Study: Diabetes Screening by Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Equivalent Body Mass Index and Age Thresholds – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)

1/In her 40s, my mother, an Indian American, was diagnosed with diabetes, though she was not indicated for screening

This led me to ask…do we appropriately screen for diabetes by race/ethnicity?

Now answered in @AnnalsofIM with⭐️mentor @kardiologykazihttps://t.co/xTM9WmIbaL pic.twitter.com/IK5v76KMxh

— Rahul Aggarwal (@RahulAggarwalMD) May 9, 2022