Which groups should be screened for diabetes

  With the high prevalence of diabetes today, the medical community realizes that diabetes prevention and control must move forward and that it is no longer a dream to nip diabetes in the bud. Potential patients should be screened for diabetes if they are: 1) chronically physically inactive; 2) have a first-degree relative with diabetes; 3) belong to a race with a high prevalence of diabetes (e.g., African Americans, Latinos, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders); 4) have delivered a baby weighing >9 pounds or have had gestational diabetes; 5) have high blood pressure (blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg or are taking high blood pressure medication); and Hypertension (blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg or taking hypertensive medication); 6. Women with high-density lipoprotein (HDL) < 35 mg/dl (0.90 mmol/l) and/or triglyceride levels > 250 mg/dl (2.82 mmol/l); 7. Women with polycystic ovary syndrome; 8. Women with laboratory tests indicating A1C ≥ 5.7%, IGT, or IFG IGT, or IFG; 9, the presence of various clinical manifestations associated with insulin resistance (e.g., severe obesity, patients with acanthosis nigricans); 10, a history of cardiovascular disease; 11, age > 45 years, overweight or obese.