Undiagnosed diabetes: Prevalence and cardiovascular risk profile in a population-based study of 52,856 individuals. The HUNT Study, Norway.
Vera Vik BjarkøEirin B HaugElin P SørgjerdLars C StenePaz Lopez-Doriga RuizKåre I BirkelandTore Julsrud BergHanne Løvdal GulsethMarjolein M IversenArnulf LanghammerBjørn Olav ÅsvoldPublished in: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association (2022)
The low prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes suggests that the current case-finding-based diagnostic practice is well-functioning. Few participants with undiagnosed diabetes had very high HbA1c levels indicating severe hyperglycaemia. Nonetheless, participants with undiagnosed diabetes had a poorer cardiovascular risk profile compared with participants with known or no diabetes.