Screening for type 2 diabetes to prevent vascular complications: updated recommendations from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

Feig D S, Palda V A, Lipscombe L L, with the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
Record ID 32005001173
English
Authors' objectives:

This review updates the 1994 recommendations of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care for type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Authors' recommendations: Recommendations 1. There is fair evidence to recommend screening adults with hypertension for type 2 diabetes to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular (CV) events and mortality (Grade B recommendation). 2. There is fair evidence to recommend screening adults with hyperlipidemia for type 2 diabetes to reduce the incidence of CV events and mortality (Grade B recommendation). 3. There is good evidence to recommend treatment of overweight individuals with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) with lifestyle interventions to reduce the incidence of diabetes progression (Grade B recommendation). 4. There is insufficient evidence to recommend treatment of overweight individuals with IGT with metformin or acarbose to reduce the incidence of diabetes progression (Grade I 10 recommendation). 5. There is fair evidence to recommend treatment of overweight individuals with IGT with acarbose to prevent cardiovascular outcomes and hypertension (Grade B recommendation).
Authors' methods: Systematic review
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: http://www.ctfphc.org/Full_Text/CTF_DM_TR_final_2005.pdf
Year Published: 2003
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: Canada
MeSH Terms
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Mass Screening
  • Diabetic Angiopathies
  • Vascular Diseases
Contact
Organisation Name: Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
Contact Address: Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, 100 Collip Circle, Suite 117, London, ON, N6G 4X8, Canada. Tel: 519-858-5181; Fax: 519-858-5112
Contact Name: ctf@ctfphc.org
Contact Email: ctf@ctfphc.org
Copyright: Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC)
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