Diabetes screening in South Korea: a new estimate of the number needed to screen to detect diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

The Korean Diabetes Association (KDA) guidelines recommend adults aged ≥ 40 years and adults aged ≥ 30 years with diabetes risk factors for diabetes screening. This study aimed to determine the age threshold for diabetes screening in Korean adults.

Methods

This study was based on the analyses of Korean adults aged ≥ 20 years using the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) and the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC). To evaluate screening effectiveness, we calculated the number needed to screen (NNS).

Results

NNS to detect diabetes decreased from 63 to 34 in the KNHANES and from 71 to 42 in the NHIS-NSC between the ages of 30-34 and 35-39. When universal screening was applied to adults aged ≥ 35

SUBMITTER: Ha KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9816690 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature