Rethinking the use of urine dipstick for early diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

False negatives Hb1Ac Screening Sensitivity Type 2 diabetes mellitus Urine dipstick

Journal

Diabetes research and clinical practice
ISSN: 1872-8227
Titre abrégé: Diabetes Res Clin Pract
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 8508335

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Feb 2022
Historique:
received: 20 01 2022
accepted: 25 01 2022
pubmed: 4 2 2022
medline: 11 3 2022
entrez: 3 2 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Transport workers, seafarers and fishers have biannual mandatory fit-for duty medical examinations. Urinedipstick is used for early diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Due to low sensitivity with more than 80% false negatives the method should be replaced by highly sensitive blood tests, Hb1Ac or similar for diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes mellitus to pursue the UN Global Sustainable Goals, especially Goal 3: Good health and well-being for all workers and Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35114298
pii: S0168-8227(22)00034-1
doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2022.109222
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Reagent Strips 0

Types de publication

Letter

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

109222

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Olaf C Jensen (OC)

Centre for Maritime Health and Society, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Degnevej 14, 6705 Esbjerg, Denmark; University of Cadiz FUECA, Spain. Electronic address: ocj@health.sdu.dk.

Agnes Flores (A)

Universidad Metropolitana de Educación Ciencia y Tecnología, Facultad de las Ciencias y Tecnología, Panamá & Caja Seguro Social, Vacamonte Rep. of Panamá, Panama.

Victoria Corman (V)

Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark. Electronic address: vicor20@student.sdu.dk.

Maria Luisa Canals (M)

University of Cadiz FUECA, Spain; Sociedad Española de Medicina Marítima (SEMM) /Sanidad Marítima, Tarragona, Spain; Sanidad Maritima (ISM), Barcelona, Spain.

David Lucas (D)

ORPHY Laboratory, University Brest, F-29200 Brest, France; Occupational and Environmental Diseases Center, Teaching Hospital, F-29200 Brest, France; French Society of Maritime Medicine Brest, F-29200, France. Electronic address: lucas_d29@yahoo.fr.

Ilona Denisenko (I)

Regional Medical Office German Embassy Moscow, Russia.

Don Eliseo-Iii Lucero-Prisno (DE)

Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Faculty of Management and Development Studies, University of the Philippines Open University, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. Electronic address: don-eliseo.lucero-prisno@lshtm.ac.uk.

Anna Lilja Secher (A)

Clinical Research, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: anna.elisabet.lilja.secher@regionh.dk.

Gregers Stig Andersen (G)

Clinical Research, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: gregers.stig.andersen@regionh.dk.

Marit Eika Jørgensen (M)

Clinical Research, Steno Diabetes Center Greenland, Greenland. Electronic address: maej@peqqik.gl.

Helena Estopà Pujol (H)

Sociedad Española de Medicina Marítima (SEMM) /Sanidad Marítima, Tarragona, Spain; Sanidad Maritima (ISM), Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: helena.estopa@seg-social.es.

Guido Cohen (G)

Faculty of Medicine, Panama University, Rep. of Panamá.

Finn Gyntelberg (F)

National Research Center for Work Environment & Occup. Med. Clinic, Bispebjerg Hospital, Denmark.

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